A Brief History Of Tooth Whitening
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Man being a social animal has always known that his teeth are more than for just chewing. Teeth and smiling are inseparable, so aside from the necessity of chewing it was easy to see the effect of toothless-ness on the smiles of very old people whose teeth have fallen out.
Therefore, people of all races have cared for their teeth in various ways since time immemorial. The most common method of tooth care in the olden days was the chewing stick, which was basically stick cut off known soft trees that was chewed at one end and used to brush the teeth clean. Some of the trees contained antibacterial and cleansing chemicals that helped keep teeth clean and healthy
Tooth whitening was not commercialized until the advent of professional Barbers who aside from cutting hair were also responsible for pulling out unhealthy teeth.. Then these Middle Ages Barbers began cleaning teeth for their patrons. It was Barbers also who later began applying nitric acid on teeth to whiten them, but with a damaging effect on the enamel which led to teeth decay in all cases.
Ironically this set back for tooth whitening did not deter people from the practice. Instead it's popularity continued to grow until it became a status symbol for one to have his teeth bleached white with the destructive nitric acid. This practice continued until the ending years of 1800s when fluoride was discovered by the Italians. This new chemical and trained dentists quickly replaced nitric acid and Barbers for dental care. Then the tooth whitening industry began to blossom and has continued to this day to be a very vibrant industry.
Today, there are a variety of methods for whitening your teeth without damaging the enamel. People now achieve bright smiles even though they smoke cigarettes and imbibe teeth staining drinks like coffee and red wine as daily beverages.
This is possible because you can walk into a pharmacy or by the click of a mouse purchase a tooth whitening kit online for whitening your teeth at home by yourself. Well trained dental doctors called dentist are accessible both online and offline to help take care of your teeth and also whiten them whenever you want.
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