2006-12-24 04:49:49 · 13 answers · asked by Mary C 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
A variety of oral hygiene measures have been used since before recorded history. This has been verified by various excavations done all over the world, in which toothpicks, chewsticks, tree twigs, linen strips, birds' feathers, animal bones and porcupine quills were recovered. The first toothbrush is believed to have been invented in China. In the Muslim world, the miswak or siwak made from a twig or root with antiseptic properties is widely used. Rubbing baking soda or chalk against the teeth was also common.
2006-12-24 04:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably tobacco and some other things like crushed coal or this type of fruit, not sure what you call them, but they are green and about the size of olive. I've seen old people from Asia scrub their teeth with them.
2006-12-24 04:55:07 · answer #2 · answered by childofGod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people in the middle east used to use something called a miswak..its a branch from a type of tree that can clean teeth
2006-12-24 04:54:16 · answer #3 · answered by Rumzi? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fruits.
2006-12-24 05:17:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cut thin branches or stems of plants. A guava branch is what was known to me as taught in Girl scouts. you can also accompany that with salt as tooth paste.
2006-12-24 04:52:41 · answer #5 · answered by Lee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finger.
2006-12-24 04:51:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A pair of pliers
2006-12-24 05:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same thing woman used before kotex pads and tampons.
2006-12-24 04:52:24 · answer #8 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing they just let their teeth rot and fall out. Gross huh?
2006-12-25 01:04:50 · answer #9 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baking soda and maybe a finger or stick.
2006-12-24 04:57:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋