YATA_YOTO: Dental experts accepted that the African practice of using the chewing stick to clean the mouth is superior to the chemically based tooth-brush and tooth-paste.

Unfortunately colonised and mentally enslaved Africans refused to accept this medical fact by stubbornly sticking to chemical tooth-pastes.

It is a fact that the chewing stick is natural and does not harm the body, while the chemical components of the tooth paste is unknown to the African users and it enters the blood stream through the gum.

University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University has concluded 40 years ago that the chewing stick is superior to a tooth brush.

Another glaring fact is that African soils is poisoned by the millions of used tooth brushes that litter the land (Africa doesn't have recycling technology), while the chewing stick doesn't poisoned the ground rather it decomposes naturally in the soil.

One tenth of the money spent on the importation of tooth brush and tooth pastes will go a long way in empowering our people in developing the chewing stick trade which may help in the reduction of poverty.

Imagine how many children and adults diseases have been triggered by the chemicals in this tooth-pastes.

bittyend: WTF is a chewing stick?

ifyalways: I used it then. Chewing stick and ground charcoal.twas good.

Not so keen on using that again. The one huge limitation it has is tongue cleaning. Is charcoal even good for the teeth/gums?

Ndipe:

Charcoal is good for the teeth, but I agree with you, the limitation with using chewing stick is how to clean the tongue. Some people use the fronds from palm wine trees to clean their tongues.