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1. The hardest part of our body is neither our bones nor our skull. What it is then? It is the tooth enamel! Tooth enamel is the hard outer surface layer of our teeth. It serves as a protection against tooth decay. Though it is the strongest, dentist doesn’t recommend it for bottle openings!
2. In 1994, an inmate in West Virginia braided dental floss to from a rope. He used it to scale the wall and escaped. Dental floss is for teeth cleaning and not for prison escaping! Though he is wise to use floss.
3. Gary’s mouth, Oh sorry I refer to the snail pet of SpongeBob, is no larger than a pin’s head! Though it is small it has over 25,000 teeth. Now I understand why SpongeBob was afraid of Gary every time the latter gets angry (he has 25,000 teeth to bite you!)
4. In Medieval Germany, kissing a donkey was the only way to cure toothache! Really crazy isn’t it? You need to kiss Blue Blink to get rid of the hard feeling of toothache.
5. Like your thumb print, everyone has a unique set of teeth. Yours are so unique.
6. On the average, an individual spends about 50 seconds of tooth brushing a day but dental professionals recommend at least of 2 to 3 minutes of brushing. I guess I belong to that 50-sec Club! Need to brush at least two minutes a day!
7. I always put a cap on my toothbrush, but according to studies, this practice is actually more detrimental-bacteria favor. The moist environment makes the reproduction of bacteria much faster. Be sure to clean your toothbrush cap at all times.
8. In early American times, the blacksmiths served as the dentist. Can you imagine them hammering your dental implants? No way!
9. Ladies do smile more than gents. In a study conducted in the US, the average woman smiles at around 62 times a day. While a man does it only for 8 times! Hmmm…can I say that women brush teeth more often than men? Haha, honestly I think so! There are lot of benefits when you smile anyway.
10. Approximately 5 million of missing teeth were reported per year regarding sports-related injuries. Is this the very reason why sports professional are always on “game face”?? They can’t smile because of a loss tooth? I hope not. So be sure to have mouth guard every plays!
Definitely there are still a lot of craziest things about our teeth in the internet. But for me, these are the mind blowing facts that really knocked me down on my sit. I hope you like it. Anyways have a good day, I need to visit my Estetico Manila Whitening Dentist in Makati and throw these facts on him! Smile!
I also want to share this: 10 Funny Facts about our Teeth.
