1.Unless food is mixed with saliva, you can't taste it.
2.Tongue Twisters-85% of the population can curl their tongue into a tube.
3.Saliva prevents tooth decay-We produce 100,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime that helps prevent decay of teeth-enough to fill 2 swimming pools.
4.The average person only brushes for 45 to 70 seconds a day, the recommended amount of time is 2-3 minutes.
5.25% of adults DON’T brush their teeth twice a day—increasing their risk of developing tooth decay by 33%.
6.33% of people are born without wisdom teeth.
7.More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones.
8.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.
9.Coconuts are a natural anti-bacterial. They reduce the risk of developing gum disease and cavities.
10.Chocolate is proven to make us smile more than then anything else we eat.
11.You can recognize a smile from up to 300 feet away.
12.People spend an average of 20,160 minutes kissing throughout their lifetime.
13.It takes 43 muscles to frown, and only 17 to smile.
14.A sore jaw, when combined with chest pain, can signal a heart attack—especially in women.
15.People who smoke are 2-7 times more likely to develop periodontal disease than non-smokers.
16.Elephants grind away their molars and grow new ones 6 times in their lifetime.
17.Giraffes have black tongues and only bottom teeth.
18.We’ve been filling cavities since the earliest of times using a variety of different materials, including gum, stone chips, and even turpentine resin.
19.Toothache in the middle ages? Kiss a donkey.
20.The earliest known dentist was Hesi-ren, an egyptian “doctor of the tooth” who lived around 3000 B.C.
21.We’d suggest registering. Dentures were common wedding gifts in the British Isles. At that time, people were expected to lose all their teeth and had their teeth extracted at an early age.
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