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What would happen if you stopped brushing your teeth?

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From twigs to electrical toothbrushes, humans have been cleaning our teeth since the Ancient Egyptians. So what would happen if you never brushed your teeth again? Or even stopped for a year? AsapSCIENCE investigates.

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