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Maybe because before they invented one, nobody brushed their teeth, so when they started , they only had one tooth left. Just a thought though, that's probably not the reason.

I beileve the answer is this: The first toothbrush recorded in history was made in 3000 B.C., the toothbrush was called a chewstick, which was a twig with a frayed end used to brush each tooth, one at a time. Hence the name toothbrush.

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