During 1498, toothbrushes resembling those used today were developed in China. Bristles in these toothbrushes were prepared from coarse hairs derived the back of a hog's neck and were fixed to ...

Toothbrush manufacturing started here in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), when a farmer improved toothbrushes by making them with pig bristles. Established in 1976, Shuguang is among the oldest ...

These days, the penetration rate of toothbrushes has reached almost 100 per cent in China. A toothbrush costing around 10 yuan (£1.09) to 12 yuan (£1.31) can be used for several months.

These days, the penetration rate of toothbrushes has reached almost 100 percent in China. A toothbrush costing around 10 yuan ($1.39) to 12 yuan can be used for several months.

NANJING: At a Sanxiao toothbrush factory in East China’s Jiangsu province, employees were carefully monitoring robotic arms performing precise injection moulding on the production line.

1498: The emperor of China patents the toothbrush: hogback bristles set into a piece of bone or bamboo. Dental hygiene takes a step up. How — or if — you cleaned your teeth before this time ...

This animal hair toothbrush (horse hair, ... Although the history of pig-bristle toothbrushes reaches back to around 1498 in China, the bristle brush spread to Europe and was adopted there.

This photo taken on June 21, 2024 shows bristles of toothbrushes at an exhibition hall of Yangzhou Sanfeng BRUSH Co Ltd in Hangji township of Yangzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province. [Xinhua ...

A toothbrush more than 50 years old has been found in the body of a Chinese man, shocking him. According to Taiwanese media Free Times, Yang, a 64-year-old man living in Anhui Province, China ...

A 64-year-old man in China had a toothbrush lodged in his intestines for over 50 years after swallowing it at age 12. Doctors successfully removed it after he experienced stomach discomfort.

Strong demand for its electric toothbrushes in China helped Dutch healthcare technology company Philips to a 4 percent rise in sales in the third quarter, on track to hit its full-year target, the ...

Interestingly, one out of every three toothbrushes worldwide comes from Hangji, which was aptly named "China's toothbrush capital" by the China National Light Industry Council in 2003. The roots of ...