Before the creation of mouth wash and tooth-paste, how did people talk to each other face to face?

I think as long as there have been people in an organized society, they've been trying to keep their mouths from being too narsty.Before the creation of mouth wash and tooth-paste, how did people talk to each other face to face?
these issues are caused by toxic chemical in processed foods. all those names on the ingrediants list that you can't pronounce are toxins that cause a host of health issues, bad breath being the least of them. 100 years ago we didn't have these toxins in our food so most people didn't have bad breath and if they did it was a signal that the person was ill.Before the creation of mouth wash and tooth-paste, how did people talk to each other face to face?
if you have a look at ancient skulls (4000-5000) years old you will often find they had great looking,if rather worn,teeth. It is only after diet changed and sugar was introduced that you find really rotten mouths of decayed teeth.
i agree with bearstir...
Kashre is right, people in all civilizations have been concerned with oral hygiene.





Before tooth paste people often brushed their teeth with ashes. Wood ashes are abrasive enough to cleanse the teeth without scratching the enamel, they just don't taste good. Some people even gargled with urine! I know this sounds sickening and nasty in the extreme, but urine is actually very clean and antiseptic, gargling with urine killed germs and whitened the teeth!





Later people used sodium bicarbonate to brush and gargle with. This was very effective, and it's still used in toothpaste today, but now its flavored.





Yuk!
As stated by another answerer dental care is as old as civilization. A majority of people have always wanted their mouths to be fresh %26amp; clean. Sometime after man/woman started walking upright someone fell flat on their face on a mint bush and discovered a chewy sweet herb. Arabs who get trashed for so much make it a habit to drink Mint Tea !!!!





Here are links and stuff showing that good oral health has a long history but first up my least favorite mouthwash -- URINE!!!





Oh and the Spanish developed sweet wines such as Claret and Sherry !!!





http://www.essortment.com/hobbies/oralde鈥?/a>


';';';--------------Ancient man found out quickly that keeping your own teeth for as long as possible was a good thing and tried many ways to scrape the tartar and debris from their gums and teeth. While crude toothbrushes could help, a good rinsing with some sort of water or corrosive fluid was sure to help fight decay, if only to freshen the mouth up after eating something with a distinctive smell, like fish or certain types of meat.











But what was in this first mouthwash? Well, you'd be surprised and dismayed to find that the Greeks used donkey's milk. The Romans went a step further and used human urine, specifically Portuguese if they could get some. The rumor was that Portuguese urine was much stronger than the weak liquid that other nations provided, so it was treasured above all others. One theory that has risen about this is that the natural acidity of the Portuguese urine meant that it survived the long trip to Rome and Italy much better than those of other men (and women!) Either way, it was a somewhat unique mouth rinse for the average Roman citizen. Some even used white wine, which was a rather expensive way to clean your teeth! Mixed with a variety of crude toothpastes and brushes, oral hygiene was nothing like it is today? Or is it?








The main ingredient that made ancient mouthwashes so potent was ammonia; a natural ingredient found most commonly in human urine - thus why it was used. As time went on different items were added and subtracted from this basic need to try and make it more palatable to the human taste as well as increase the potency without adding more ammonia and making it totally undrinkable. Honey, ground shells, rabbit and mice heads, even lizard livers were ground up and added into the drink to try and increase the mouthwash's ability to cleanse the teeth of any nasty bacteria. During the early 19th century eucalyptus leaves were added to certain brands to try and make it more palatable to the general public, an ongoing battle to make mouthwash more appealing. As long as you could cover the ammonia smell, you had a chance of making a sale!








In fact, ammonia is still an active ingredient in some modern mouthwashes, but not from human urine. Artificially manufactured in the laboratory, ammonia is now much healthier and less odorous than the original source. As well, it's a lot easier than running around trying to collect human urine from slaves and travelers! During the 18th century ammonia began to be manufactured artificially, increasing the availability for mouthwash production and brand names began to march onto the market. Over time it began to be replaced in parts by alcohol.








Odol was the first recognized antiseptic mouthwash, marketed by Switzerland's Karl August Lingner in 1893 and in fact is still on the market and available for sale to the general public. The Lambert Pharmaceutical Company developed Listerine in the 1880's, but not as a mouthwash. It was originally marketed as a general antiseptic during World War I. After the war ended the company executives were meeting to discuss how to try and keep selling the product and their chief chemist brought up the fact that it could be used to fight halitosis, or bad breath. Turning the entire product around, they began to market Listerine as a mouthwash instead of an antiseptic with the result that sales jumped from just hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions within just a few years.








As time went on the advertising machine began to appeal more and more to the public to use mouthwash as a staple of dental hygiene, using halitosis as their best weapon to promote using their product. Large ads bemoaned the man or woman with bad breath, much as the commercials we see today on television or in our magazines and newspapers. And over the years a variety of products have cropped up to deliver mouthwash in a dizzying number of ways. You can now use a small transparent film to freshen your mouth; you can get a mouth rinse that won't be as strong as your parent's Scope or you can keep on using an old favorite like Listerine.








Over the centuries people have tried to find ways to keep their own teeth safe and secure into old age. Toothpaste, toothbrushes and mouthwash have always been at the forefront of dental hygiene, but none seem to have the rather distinctive history of mouthwash as truly a jack of all trades. From human urine to ammonia to alcohol to the fresh-smelling and fresh-tasting taste strips of today, mouthwash has come a long way from the Greeks and their donkey milk! ';';';





http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Mouthwas鈥?/a>


';';';Products used for freshening breath or cleaning teeth have been in existence for centuries. Many of the ancient societies鈥攊ncluding the Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, and Romans鈥攈ad recipes for such preparations. They used a variety of ingredients; from edible materials like fruit, honey, or dried flowers to less appealing compounds such as ground lizard, minced mice, or urine. These products were generally ineffective and in some cases were harmful to the sensitive enamel which coats each tooth.





While tooth cleaning preparations steadily improved over the years, it was not until the early 1800s鈥攚hen the modern toothpaste was developed鈥攖hat truly effective oral products became available. The first mouthwashes were basically solutions of grain alcohol and were likely developed accidentally during this era. One of the most famous brands, Listerine, was developed during the 1880s and is still sold today.';';';








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As I have studied months ago,,, people during the ancient cicilization talk to each other by the use of hand and body signs...hope this helps...