african chewing stick

This is a stick that for many years has provided oral hygiene for not only africans, but the Middle East, and Asia. Due to the antimicrobial agents in these sticks, pathogens are killed and disease is prevented. These Chewing sticks, are pencil-sized and made from the root or stem of local trees and shrubs. They are chewed on the end until they become frayed into a brush. People then clean their teeth with these frayed sticks - simultaneously removing plaque and massaging their gums.