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Why You Brush Your Teeth

  • October 25, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The toothbrush was first patented in the United States in 1857, but most Americans didn’t use one until after World War II. U.S. soldiers developed the habit as part of their wartime hygiene routine, and then they brought it back to the civilian world.

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