Fun Dental Facts

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September 26, 2011

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I bet you didn't think it was possible, but here are a few dental fun facts that may find you saying "Wow, I didn't know that!"

Each person's set of teeth is unique - much like their fingerprints - even in identical twins.
Some cheeses have been found to protect teeth from decay.
The Mexican version of the Tooth Fairy is known as the Tooth Mouse, which takes the tooth and leaves treasures in its place.
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.
The major causes of tooth loss in people under age 35 are sports, accidents and fights.
George Washington's dentures were made from walrus, hippopotamus, and cows' teeth, as well as elephant tusks.
The most valuable tooth was one a nobleman purchased - belonging to the famous scientists Isaac Newton - for $4,560. It was set in a ring.
In 200 AD, the Romans used a mixture of bones, eggshells, oyster shells and honey to clean their teeth.
Queen Elizabeth I's teeth were noticeably discolored. A German traveler, Paul Henter, speculated that the discoloration was due to the Queen's excessive consumption of sugar, making the first recorded association between sugar and tooth decay.
The second most common disease in the United States is tooth decay. The first is the common cold.

Animal Chompers

Ants can lift an object up to fifty times their body-weight and carry it over their heads. They don't do this with their feet, but with their mouths.
Crocodiles don't clean their own teeth - they let a plover (little bird) pick their teeth for scraps of leftover food.
The largest toothed mammal in the world is the sperm whale. A whale's lower jaw, measuring 16'5" long, is exhibited in the British Museum of Natural History in London. The whale it belonged to reportedly measured 84 feet in length.
A snail can have about 25,000 teeth (on its tongue).
Horses teeth are extremely long and grow continually. They wear down, change shape and become discolored as they grow, so we can really tell a horse's age by looking at his teeth.
A shark's teeth are literally as hard as steel.