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Oral-B toothbrushes and floss. Oral-B is an American brand of oral hygiene products, including toothpastes, toothbrushes, electric toothbrushes, and mouthwashes. The brand has been in business since the invention of the Hutson toothbrush in 1950 and in Redwood City, California. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Glide dental floss sold under the Gore brand and Procter & Gamble's Oral-B and Crest brands. Oral-B Glide is a PTFE (Teflon) dental floss manufactured by W. L. Gore and Associates exclusively for Procter & Gamble.
Dental floss (waxed) Levi Spear Parmly (1790-1859), a dentist from New Orleans, is credited with inventing the first form of dental floss. [4] In 1819, he recommended running a waxen silk thread "through the interstices of the teeth, between their necks and the arches of the gum, to dislodge that irritating matter which no brush can remove and which is the real source of disease."
At the same year Johnson & Johnson discontinued Reach brand name and rebranded Reach floss into Listerine floss, notifying consumers about this on official website in June 2015. [35] 2016 - LG Household & Health Care announced on November 1, 2016, that it agreed to acquire the Asia Pacific business of Reach brand from Johnson & Johnson. [36] [37]
Listerine (/ ˈ l ɪ s t ər iː n /) is a brand of antiseptic mouthwash that is promoted with the slogan "Kills germs that cause bad breath". Named after Joseph Lister, who pioneered antiseptic surgery at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland, Listerine was developed in 1879 by Joseph Lawrence, a chemist in St. Louis, Missouri.
[1] [3] [4] To begin with, they were called Acme Clear Mint Fingers, [5] but this was changed to Glacier Mints in 1919, apparently on the advice of Eric Fox's wife. [2] [4] From 1928, the mints have been individually wrapped. [5] Since 1922, the mints have been branded with Peppy the polar bear, [6] who was designed by Clarence Reginald Dalby.