2007-02-26 12:32:03 · 3 answers · asked by milty 2 in Health ➔ Dental
Levi Spear Parmly, a dentist from New Orleans, is credited with inventing a legendary form of dental floss. He had been recommending that people should clean their teeth with silk floss since 1815.
Dental floss was still unavailable to the consumer until the Codman and Shurtleft company started producing human-usable unwaxed silk floss in 1882. In 1898, the Johnson & Johnson Corporation received the first patent for dental floss. Other early brands included Red Cross, Salter Sill Co. and Brunswick.
The adoption of floss was poor before World War II. It was around this time, however, that Dr. Charles C. Bass developed nylon floss. Nylon floss was found to be better than silk because of its greater abrasion resistance and elasticity
2007-02-26 12:42:04 · answer #1 · answered by David F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr. Shmedrick Delkemper
2007-02-26 12:37:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
chef boy ar de .he also invented spaghetti
2007-02-26 12:46:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋