Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company was a health care business established in 1866 in Florence, Massachusetts.
[1] By the late 1890s, they were making toothbrushes, aluminum goods, toilet items made from wood, composition brushes, and mirrors.
[2] The Wall Street Journal reported the company was the largest producer of toothbrushes in the United States in 1924.
[3] The company opened a factory in Shanghai, China with 600 workers in the early 20th century to manufacture brush bristles to send to the Florence location for final production.
[3] Makers of a highly advertised Pro-phy-lac-tic toothbrush,[4] the company was acquired by the Lambert Pharmaceutical Co. on February 19, 1930.