100 Years of Dental Care | Allure

Take a look back at the last hundred years of dental care, from the invention of nylon toothbrushes in the 1930s, to the fluoride toothpastes first first marketed in the 1950s, to the rise of braces in popularity in the 1970s.


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100 Years of Dental Care | Allure

[roxannematheson]

It's weird I think that quite soon they're gonna have to add a new decade to these vids: the 2020s

[TetraSky]

Was kind of expecting a video on dental tools and how they evolved to what they are today... Got an ad for toothpaste.

[sarahdaestrela]

weird flex but I have flossed every single night without fail since the end of may 2015 and this seems like one of the few places I can share that

[nopenope]

"100 years of dental care" more like "100 years of dental commercials" ;p

[ViinaBaybee]

You forgot to add the bamboo biodegradable toothbrushes in the 2010s

[kaylaempson]

Did we just skip over the sonicare craze? Like most people I know own sonicares and that feels like an important milestone missed

[MrBrokenSorrow]

Am I the only one who was irrationally bothered by the girl who was fake brushing?

[isntshelovely]

2:36
That's what Jan from Grease was singing lmao
I never knew till now

[khloemarie]

so no one gonna talk about how they used to drink listerine as cold and flu medicine, i can already feel the acid in my chest

[andressahoese]

Shocking how women were to blame for bad breath in commercials.

[victoriakoon]

why am I so bothered by the fake brushing

[DioneN]

I’m so happy to live nowadays with modern dentistry! (And I’ll be done Invisalign in a couple months...I can’t wait. I’m 44 and wish I would have done it more than a decade ago)

[nou-citt]

And yet some ppl still can’t learn to use this form of basic hygiene 🤦🏻‍♀️

[itsjustbrandy]

2:42 who else thought of Grease?

3:27 ah. I guess it came to mind.

[recipestested]

The toothbrush scene in Bring It On was completely improv-ed.

[StrangeLittleGarden]

don't know about the oil pulling, but i got a tube of the charcoal toothpast and it actually made my teeth whiter. was really nice

[ber]

The headgear Katy Perry wore was a parody of headgear worn in the 80’s. The music video is set in the 80’s and isn’t meant to be a reflection of the dental practise of the time (around 2011)

[sozeris]

3:35 everyone who watched grease when they were younger will get this commercial😂😂😂😍

[femmelillian]

3:09
"Just got to get my cheek...OH WE ARE STILL RECORDING"..*pose*

[lahylag]

You should do 100 years of diapers. That’d be interesting