Dental clinic, U.S.A.: dental hygienists examine two boys seated in wooden dentist chairs; the room is decorated with dental hygiene awareness posters. Photograph, ca. 1920.

A crowd brandishing banners and toothbrushes stand upon a personified smiling world: promoting dental hygiene to mark World Health Day in Tanzania. Colour lithograph by Unicef, 1994.

A toddler and his teddy bear in a high chair on which are placed a carrot and an apple; representing dental hygiene. Colour lithograph after Tllley, 1965.

Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: a dental hygiene parade: children parade wearing caps shaped liked teeth, bearing banners reading "We brush our teeth each day 100%" and "Progress first". Photograph, 1910/1920.

A photograph, kept in a family album, of a boy, a girl and a baby with clean teeth and holding toothbrushes, representing dental hygiene taught by their mother. Colour lithograph after P. Tilley, 1965.

Children using chewing sticks to clean their teeth in Uganda. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health and WHO, ca. 2000.

Tooth maintenance

Tooth polish

Root canal

Tooth whitening

Sugar attack

Illustrated information sheet on how to control and prevent dental problems in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Mazingira Institute, ca. 2000.

Napoleon Bonaparte's toothbrush

Tooth

The world of If : the 5th Ivory Castle fairy book / D. & W. Gibbs Ltd.

Schoolgirls cleaning teeth with neem twigs in India

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