THE EVOLUTION OF ORAL CLEANSING.

Abstract

Since ancient people used appropriated technologies and obtainable communitie's resources to solve their oral health problems, toothpick has been the first oral cleansing device which still be used. Objectives in using fashioned devices are varied over time due to societies' perception. Meanwhile societies became more modern, dentist professional enthusiastically promoting plaque control concept caused people gradually accept it. Many kinds of modern oral cleansing devices have been produced helping people remove plaque effectively. By dentists' recommendation, hard-natured bristle toothbrush are replaced with soft-nylon bristle. Aggressive brushing was changed to gentle with various brushing techniques for removing cervical dental plaque. Nowadays, knowledges and technologies in oral health care which transited from lay to professional, more sophisticated and institutionalized, diverse gap between dentists' oral hygiene instruction and people's practices.