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A modern toothbrush is made up of two parts, the handle and the bristles.

The handle is made up of plastic and sometimes plastic and rubber with small hole at one end that hold the bristles.

The bristles are made up of short strands of nylon and are held in their place in hole in the handle by small pieces of corrosion resistant stainless steel staples.

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It is said that boar's hairs were first used in the 1500s by a Chinese inventor.

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Plastic and nylon.

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