America Brushes Up: The Use and Marketing of Toothpaste and Toothbrushes in the Twentieth Century

by Kerry Segrave

This excursion into American cultural history looks at the toothpaste and toothbrush industries from 1900 to 2008. During these years, America moved from cleaning their teeth mostly with homemade powders to using an enormous array of brands, often applied with an electric toothbrush. From early 20th century products like Forhan's (which "cured" pyorrhea) to the whiteners of the 1920s (which unfortunately also removed tooth enamel), and from paste...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786447540
• ISBN13: 9780786447541
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher