I te tau 1819, i tūtohu ia ki te rere i te miro miro miro "i roto i te interstices o te niho, i waenganui i to ratou kaki, me te arcs o te gum, ki te dislodge taua mea irritating e kore e taea e tetahi paraihe te tango, me te mea te pūtake tūturu o te mate". whakaaro ia tenei te wahi tino nui o te tiaki waha. e kore i te miro i hokohoko tae noa 1882, ka timata te kamupene Codman ko Shurtleft whakaputa unwaxed miro miro. i roto i te 1898, te Johnson & Johnson Corporation i te ārai tuatahi mō te miro niho i hanga i te rauemi miro taua whakamahia e tākuta miro.
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