Did the ancients brush their teeth, how did they brush their teeth

Updated on healthy 2024-04-07
22 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    The ancients had a special mouthwash, but because the cleanliness was not high, the ancients would also clean their teeth by chewing some tender twigs after meals.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    The earliest dental sanitary ware in China is willow branches, in the late Tang Dynasty, when the willow branches were soaked in water, when you want to use it, bite open the willow branches with your teeth, and the willow fibers inside will be disbursed, like small wooden comb teeth, very convenient toothbrushes.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Brushing teeth is an important self-care method of using a toothbrush to remove plaque, soft scale, and food debris and keep your mouth clean. It is also the most important means for people to remove plaque by themselves and prevent the occurrence, development and development of periodontal disease.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    The first to use the "gargling method" to clean the mouth. The ancients generally used the gargling method, using salt water, strong tea, vinegar, wine, etc. as mouthwashes.

    In the Qin and Han dynasties, in order to solve the problem of tooth plugging, the ancients would use stone brick powder and rubble powder to clean the gap between the teeth. By the time of the Three Kingdoms, the tools of tooth flossing had evolved, and instead of the rough use of stone brick powder, real toothpicks appeared.

    Brush your teeth with willow branches, which were early toothbrushes. The ancients would soak the willow branches in water in advance, and when they wanted to use it, they would bite the end of the soaked in water with their teeth, and the willow fibers would be exposed like a small brush, dipped in a little salt and used to rub the teeth.

    Choice of toothbrush: It is recommended to choose a soft-bristled toothbrush; Choice of toothpaste: Choose toothpaste with rough friction agent.

    Choice of brushing method: In addition to the appropriate brushing methods described above, it is important to brush your teeth with gentle force. It should be known that the cleaning of teeth is achieved by gentle force and reciprocating actions, and through the repetition of the same action, the large pieces of food residue trapped on the surface of the teeth are changed from large to small, from there to nothing, so as to achieve the purpose of cleaning, rather than through brute force.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Brushes, but not toothpaste, toothbrushes, some of them use salt and some use others, which is called tooth cleaning.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Willow branches.

    In the late Tang Dynasty, people liked to soak willow branches in water, which can be clear water or special water, and the willow branches will become soft after soaking in water.

    When it was time to brush their teeth, the ancients took out the willow branches, bit them open with their teeth, and brushed their teeth with the exposed willow fibers.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Of course I brushed my teeth, hehe.

  8. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Use salt, because salt has the effect of cleaning and disinfecting, and it can be easily obtained for daily use. There are others, but I can't remember what they are.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    We have to brush our teeth every day, did the ancients brush their teeth? After reading it, I solved my doubts for many years.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    How the ancients brushed their teeth.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    Yes Rub with something like mouthwash or with salt, not with brushing. However, it seems that only rich people use it, and salt was not cheap in ancient times.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    They're not brushing their teeth, they're gargling.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    Ancient people brushed their teeth with willow branches. China's earliest tooth sanitary ware is willow branches, people in the Tang Dynasty soaked willow branches in water, when you want to use it, bite open the willow branches with your teeth, and the willow fibers inside will come out, like small wooden comb teeth, very convenient toothbrushes.

    In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were shops that specialized in making and selling toothbrushes. At that time, toothbrushes were made of bone, horn, bamboo, wood and other materials, drilling two rows of holes in the head and planting a horsetail.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Brushing teeth is an important self-care method of using a toothbrush to remove plaque, soft scale, and food debris and keep your mouth clean.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    During the period of the Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people used salt water to rinse their mouths and clean their teeth, and in the Song Dynasty, there was a toothbrush with bristles, brushing their teeth every day, twice in the morning and evening, which has become common sense, and the things used are green salts mixed with various traditional Chinese medicines, such as Huaizhi Sanfang, Honey Locust Sanfang.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    There are those who gargle with salt, those who brush with branches, and in ancient times, there were almost the rudiments of toothbrushes, made of horsehair.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    Willow branches are dipped in salt to brush your teeth, and of course there are some people who have traveled back in time to have toothpaste toothbrushes.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    Rich people rinse their mouths with salt water, and those who don't have money can do whatever they want.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    The ancients did not brush their teeth and rinsed their mouths with salt water or special medicines.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    Just rinse your mouth without brushing.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    Salt water or tea, flower water or something.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    Don't brush your teeth. You just watch TV. Cixi only took water to rinse her mouth ......

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