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Toothpick

A toothpick is a small thin stick of wood, plastic, bamboo, metal, bone or other substance with at least one and sometimes two pointed ends to insert between teeth to remove detritus, usually after a meal. Toothpicks are also used in food decoration and tableware as cocktail skewers; they are used to hold or spear small appetizers (like cheese cubes or…

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Hominin remainsDmanisiGeorgiaCova ForadàPeriodontal disease
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Materials and manufacture

AntiquityMastic woodSouthern United StatesBaculumRaccoon
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Overview

WoodPlasticBambooMetalBone
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Injuries

Alimentary canal
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Toothpick

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples38
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Toothpick

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related to history · 17
Toothpick → Concordia University Wisconsin, Cova Foradà, Dmanisi, East Alps, Florida, Georgia, Hominin, In, Justin Martin, Known, Native Americans, Neanderthal, Northern Italy, One, Spain, The, Toothpicks
related to Further reading · 7
Toothpick → Culture, Henry, ISBN, Knopf, Petroski, Technology, The Toothpick
related to External links · 4
Toothpick → Media, Wikimedia Commons The, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, WiktionaryVideo
related to Materials and manufacture · 3
Toothpick → In, Romans, There
is a · 2
Toothpick → oldest instrument for dental cleaning, small thin stick of wood
related to Dentistry · 2
Toothpick → Dentists, Picks

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toothpicks teeth small also plastic wood metal bone dental cleaning use oral thin one sometimes remove used cocktail like injuries

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Toothpickis asmall thin stick of wood0.90text
Toothpickis aoldest instrument for dental cleaning0.90text
dental flossinstance ofNowadays other means of interdental cleaning are preferred0.80text
toothbrushesinstance ofNowadays other means of interdental cleaning are preferred0.80text
and oral irrigatorsinstance ofNowadays other means of interdental cleaning are preferred0.80text
Toothpickrelated to DentistryDentists0.60section
Toothpickrelated to DentistryPicks0.60section
Toothpickrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Toothpickrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Toothpickrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons The0.60section
Toothpickrelated to External linksWiktionaryVideo0.60section
Toothpickrelated to Further readingPetroski0.60section

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