Toothbrush!

At my place, me & my wife get a new toothbrush at the same time.Because of this timing,similar model,location(placed in the same holder) it takes me a day or two to get to the correct one. Sometimes this leads to a sort of funny/semi-serious arguments.

Flash black 25-30 years ago, we(I mean my family only) were not changing our tooth brush as often as we do now.That was typical of many Indian middle income families those days. Why? reasons might be many;cost, availability, need, lack of awareness, etc.Those days toothbrush cost considerable amount, even though it was not very expensive. Also to create awareness and demand, there were not so many dentists or many manufacturers in the market. Add to this, there was no TV at our home.Many toothpaste manufacturers also produced or made available their own brand of toothbrush. Some of the toothpaste manufacturers offered free brush along with the toothpaste purchase.

My grand father's place used to be the common meeting point for all cousins during summer holidays. So there used to be a crowd of over 10-12 people during summer and some how we all had a way of identifying our respective tooth brush. One simple way was to put in the the same place every day and not disturbing the position of other brushes. As kids we curiously observed other brushes and each one had a story to tell.Some had their bristles bent left/right or in both directions, some were simply wearing away waiting for retirement.

Today's Toothbrush:Toothbrush industry is well established and offers numerous varieties of toothbrush for kids & adults. Electric tooth brush seems to be selling very well these days.Read the latest developments in the following LINK

My future dream: That day is not far where I just need to go to bathroom, put my chin on/in a device & press a switch. A computer guided toothbrush will go in do all the work. Wow...there could be a combo device which will do tooth brushing and shaving one after & another!