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Have you ever wondered how the Elizabethans cleaned their teeth over 400 years ago? There were no Dentists to offer crowns, bridges, braces or other teeth whitening wonders; no toothbrushes or mouthwashes, no injections to kill pain and no false teeth if you lost the one's you were attached to. All there was on offer to the every day Elizabethan man, woman or child, was a dirty rag to be taken out of drawer or cupboard, and a healthy sprinkling of salt from the salt cellar or if you put your hand up the chimney you could bring down some soot, which was also considered to be beneficial! This is how the poor cleaned their teeth. For the rich Lord or Lady of Elizabethan Times, there was Sir Hugh Platt's recipe for clean teeth! Sir Hugh Platt offered the hopeful recipient a concoction of honey, wine and vinegar, which read thus: "Take a quart of honey, as much vinegar, half so much wine and after they have been boiled together, then wash the teeth therewith now and then!" Presumably they still used a rag to administer the concoction. Whether this recipe for clean teeth worked or not, one thing is certain, there was no Colgate toothpaste in Elizabethan days. Toothpicks were also advocated and very popular although they were mainly available in gold and silver rather than the wooden toothpicks we know today. "The King's Quinto: The Life and Times of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 - 1618) by Barbara O'Sullivan ISBN: 1413708285
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