His campaign was responsible for toothbrushing becoming a Habit. His book, Scientific Advertising is the basis of most of the 20th Century's direct advertising. His story is chronicled in the recent bestseller The Power of Habit Rose June 23rd, Rose 2. WOW indeed. John August 28th, Coen you there? Peanutbutter October 1st, Thank you for the info! Erum Mir Baloch April 13th, Thanks for Sharing your experience. A famous series of texts called the 'Trotula', written by a female Italian physician and medical writer Trotula de Ruggiero, was translated into English in as the Medieval Compendium of Women's Medicine.
The Trotula included recipes for whitening the teeth that included cinnamon, clove, spikenard the costly root of an Indian plant , mastic a powerful antibacterial gum , frankincense, grain, wormwood, crab foot, date pits, and olives. Many of the ingredients clearly originated in the east. The modern Toothbrush was invented in England by William Addis - in At this time 'toothpastes' were usually powders that included many abrasives such as soot, coal dust, brick dust and salt.
The inventor of the modern toothpaste was an American dental surgeon named Washington Wentworth Sheffield April 23, - November 4, Washington Sheffield was the first person to place toothpaste in collapsible tubes for commercial sale. Washington Sheffield was born April 23, in North Stonington, Connecticut, the third son of 8 children of the Rev. John Sheffield and Eliza Lewis Sheffield. Washington Sheffield trained as a dentist and in graduated from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery.
Sheffield became one of the most successful dentists in the United States but was destined to achieve fame through his invention of the modern toothpaste. Washington Sheffield developed many inventions relating to oral hygiene such as new formulas for tooth powder and mouthwashes. He improved his inventions and in developed a ready-made tooth creme with a pleasing minty taste. Washington Sheffield's son, Lucius T. Sheffield May 28, — September 20, , attended Harvard as a dental student, planned to join his father's dental practice when he finished his education.
Following his graduation at Harvard in , Lucius T. Sheffield went to Paris to further his studies in dentistry. Whilst he was in Paris he was watching some artists squeeze paint onto palettes from collapsible tubes. It was one of those 'Eureka'' moments because he suddenly realized that similar tubes could be used to easily dispense his father's tooth creme straight on to a toothbrush in a more hygienic manner.
Lucius T. Sheffield made notes of the recipe for 'Sheffield's Amalgam' that included silver, tin, bismuth and zinc. The toothpaste formula was significantly improved and the ingredients extended to include chalk, soap, cuttle fish, carmine, myrrh, glycerine and mint. Lucius returned home with his idea and discovered that the patients in his father's dental surgery were requesting amounts of the tooth creme to such an extent that he and his father decided to start a business manufacturing toothpaste.
They called the company the Sheffield Dentifrice Co. At first the tubes were purchased from suppliers but in the company developed their own tube-making machinery.
Lucius and Washington Sheffield went on to invent various types of artificial dentures and dental bridges and founded the International Tooth Crown Company. The fluoride toothpaste revolutionized modern oral care, and is considered to be the largest contributing factor to the major decline in oral cavities. But how did people cope before ? The development of toothpaste has looked like this over the years:.
Tooth cleaning powder, made from pulverized stone, egg shells and bones Egypt from BC. Powder made from bark and charcoal Greece from BC.
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