Fun Dental Facts:
• 38.5: total days an average American spends brushing teeth over a lifetime
• Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
• The average toothbrush contains about 2,500 bristles grouped into about 40 tufts per toothbrush
• The average woman smiles about 62 times a day! The average man, only 8!
• Kids laugh around 400 times a day. Grown-ups, only 15!
• More than 300 types of bacteria make up dental plaque
• The most valuable tooth was one a nobleman purchased – belonging to the famous scientist
• Isaac Newton – for $4,560. It was set in a ring.
• Chomping on cheese, specifically, aged Cheddar, Swiss or Monterey Jack,
• can help keep your smile sparkling white!
• Queen Elizabeth I had very large gaps in her teeth, instead of braces she stuffed cloth
• in the gaps to minimize their appearance when she was in public.
• Every year, kids in North America spend close to $500,000,000 on chewing gum.
• More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones.
• Floss was first manufactured in 1882 and it was made of silk.
• People who drink 3 or more sugary sodas per day have 62% more cavities,
• fillings, and tooth loss.
• In 200 AD, the Romans used a mixture of bones, eggshells, oyster shells, and honey
• to clean their teeth.
• A snail can have about 25,000 teeth on its tongue.
• A shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel.
• In an average lifetime, a person produces 10,000 gallons of saliva.
• If you are right handed, you tend to chew food on the right side of your mouth.
• If you are left handed, you tend to chew food on the left side of your mouth.
• You get 2 sets of teeth in your lifetime.
• The tooth fairy pays an average of $2 per tooth!