What did ancient Romans use to clean their teeth?

Answer 1

Ancient Egyptians brushed their teeth with rocks. Might sound painful but it really wasn't. They also, as time went on by, used hard v-shapped bark (sticks) with string connecting from one end to the other to get in back of the mouth to reach the molars. Other things, such as plants and animal bones (usually fish), where used also. It's funny how i seen your question and today I have a research paper on the health, medical, and sanitation practices of the ancient Egyptians due today, so I've been doing online research all morining. -Ebony age 16

Answer 2

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.

Answer 3

The Romans used tooth powders to clean and whiten teeth, strengthen the gums, fix loose teeth and as pain killers. They used a number of materials: bones, hoofs, and horns of some animals; crabs; egg-shells, and the shells of oysters and murex sea snails. They burned them and then ground them into a powder. Ground horns of the male red deer was sometimes added, as were nitre (or saltpetre) a salt form of potassium nitrate, or myrrh, an aromatic resin of a number of small, thorny trees. Sometimes they mixed them with honey for a better flavour. A low quality, but cheaper, tooth powder was made with pumice because of its abrasive property.

Answer 4

They had a "toothpaste" consisting of the ashes from bones, eggshells and oyster shells. It was mixed with water when ready to be used. They also considered it quite acceptable to pick their teeth between courses at a meal. For this they used toothpicks either of wood or upper class Romans were known to give their guests decorated metal toothpicks sometimes of gold, which they took home.