Fun Facts

Did You Know?

• The longest teeth in the world are elephant tusks, sometimes weighing over 400 lbs!
• Children smile on average 400 times per day!
• A snail’s mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but contains over 25,000 teeth!
• The soreness you feel when you burn your mouth on mozzarella cheese has a name – pizza palette.
• An average American spends 38.5 total days brushing teeth over a lifetime.
• More than 300 types of bacteria make up dental plaque.
• Say cheese! The calcium and phosphorous found in cheese is healthy for your teeth – it reduces the pH level in plaque and re-mineralizes the enamel.
• If you’re right handed, you will chew your food on your right side. If you’re left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
• In 200 AD, the Romans used a mixture of bones, eggshells, oyster shells and honey to clean their teeth.
• The second most common disease in the United States is tooth decay. The first is the common cold.
• The average human produces 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime. That is enough saliva to fill 2 swimming pools.
• Giraffes only have bottom teeth.
• Just like finger prints, tooth prints and tongue prints are unique to each individual.
• Dogs have 42 teeth, cats have 30 teeth, pigs have 44 teeth, and an armadillo has 104 teeth.
• There are 10-12 teaspoons of sugar in a single can of soda.
• George Washington never had wooden teeth. His dentures were made from gold, hippopotamus tusk, elephant ivory and human teeth!!
• In 1994, a prison inmate in West Virginia braided dental floss into a rope, scaled the wall and escaped.
• In Medieval Germany, the only cure for a toothache was to kiss a donkey.