The Role Of Gum In American Culture

Everyone loves chewing gum. There are thousands of different flavors to taste! Everyday, people are seen chewing stick after stick. Gum has been around for a long time and was a people's favorite from the beginning. Gum has been created in different ways, shapes and forms. Gum is an important factor in American culture and is still important today. Some people worry if it healthy for our teeth or not. To answer this we will need to know what exactly is gum? Who created it? What all do we know about it, and what dental effects does it have on your teeth? …show more content…
Gum is believed to have been around since the paleolithic age. Although, we know for sure that the Ancient Greeks made a type of gum called “mastic gum”. They called it that because they made it from mastic trees. The Italians used frankincense, and the Arabs used beeswax. The colonists adopted chewing gum from the Native Americans, and they used one popular ingredient,spruce sap. Of all these colonists, John Curtis and his son,John Bacon Curtis were the very first to market chewing gum. In 1869, William .F. Semple’s chewing gum formula was the earliest attempt to create latex-based gum. Thomas Adams created the first chicle-based chewing gum. In 1928, Walter Diemer marketed the famous “Double Bubble”. This famous chewing gum’s pink color was practically an accident. Pink had the largest amount of color. Then in 1932, William Wrigley Jr. died with the three best sellers,”Juicy Fruit’’, “Doublemint”, and “Wrigley’s Spearmint”. Wrigley also was the first to market sugar-free gum for all denture wearers. So, as you can see, gum is older than you’d think and has been involved in many