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Miswak is a plant-based cleaning tool used for oral and dental hygiene. The term derives from the root sevk (sivâk), meaning “to rub or scrape” in dictionaries. It is shaped as a stick and prepared directly from the branches, trunk, or roots of the plant. Although known since ancient times, its use acquired religious significance with the emergence of Islam and became a regular and consistent practice within daily hygiene routines. Muslim medical and botanical scholars documented the morphologic