If you brush more than one tooth with toothpaste why is it not called teeth paste???
2006-06-13 15:46:12 · 14 answers · asked by killer kid* 1 in Health ➔ Dental
I'm a dentist and they call it tooth pate cause you should only be brushing one tooth at a time and brush each quadrant for 1 min total time 4 min.
2006-06-15 07:53:40 · answer #1 · answered by clykirk 2 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Possibly because when it was invented people only had one tooth from poor dental hygiene and upon inventing it and naming it toothpaste, people's overall tooth health improved and it was too late to change the name to teethpaste. Just a silly guess!!
2006-06-13 15:51:58 · answer #2 · answered by bucutie2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I don't know why, because we all have tooth's, which are in the back, and we all have teeth, which are in the front. It should be called Mouth Paste. LOL
2006-06-13 15:54:54 · answer #3 · answered by infinityyyyyyy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you are suppose to brush one tooth at a time, makes since to me sounds good don't it
2006-06-13 15:50:52 · answer #4 · answered by Lorraine W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some only have one tooth.
2006-06-13 15:49:08 · answer #5 · answered by wheezer_april_4th_1966 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz a brit inventid it an he only had one tooth!
2006-06-13 15:50:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason it is called a "pair of pants"....
And a "pair of scissors".
English is a complex language full of contradictions. I wish I knew who made up all the rules.
2006-06-13 15:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by artistagent116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably for the same reason that brushes aren't call "hairs" brushes
2006-06-13 15:51:31 · answer #8 · answered by Nagitar™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm... that's a good question! You should trademark the title and come out with your own product 32x the power!
2006-06-13 15:50:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
becouse it is stating it will clean each tooth... make sence.. Men they think diffrent then women..
lol
2006-06-13 15:50:10 · answer #10 · answered by sillyatheart3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋