Teeth! We see them every day. We work with them every day. That\u2019s no surprise, we\u2019re dentists, after all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even so, they never cease to amaze us. We bet you\u2019ll be amazed, too, when you read some of these incredible facts about your pearly whites:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Surveys indicate that 50% of people say that someone\u2019s smile is the first thing they notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. The hardest part of your body? Your tooth enamel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Some 80% of dental injuries sustained by children are to their front teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Consumers in the U.S. buy 14 million gallons of toothpaste every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Over the course of your life, you will spend about 38 days brushing your teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Snails have about 25 teeth \u2013 and they are located on their tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Adult humans have 32 teeth. Babies, however, only have 20 teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. A tooth that gets knocked out will start to die within 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. You can extend the life of a knocked out tooth by placing it in milk or holding it in your mouth. 10. The amount of saliva you produce in a lifetime is enough to fill two swimming pools!<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Mosquitoes have teeth! Usually about 47 is all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. So-called \u201cmilk teeth\u201d begin to form in the womb, but don\u2019t actually show until a child is six 13. Some 25% of children won\u2019t have seen a dentist before they enter kindergarten. That number is 14. Modern toothpaste has only been around for about 100 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Think your fingerprints are unique? So are your tongue prints! No two are alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. In the past, people used charcoal ashes, chalk, lemon juice, and other concoctions to brush 17. Think kids eat more candy than adults? Think again. Adults consume about 65% of all the# 18. The most common childhood disease is none other than tooth decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. Brushing daily can reduce your chance of tooth decay by 25%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20. When you don\u2019t floss, you miss cleaning up to 35% of your tooth\u2019s surface area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 21. Humans have two sets of teeth during their lifetime. By contrast, sharks have about 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 22. Every year, students lose 51 million hours of school due to dental-related illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 23. What you think of as your teeth is only part of the story; one third of your teeth are located 24. You could add up all the people on Earth and it still wouldn\u2019t add up to the amount of bacteria in 25. At the time of his inauguration, George Washington only had one real tooth!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Teeth! We see them every day. We work with them every day. That\u2019s no surprise, we\u2019re dentists, after all! Even so, they never cease to amaze us. We bet you\u2019ll be amazed, too, when you read some of these incredible facts about your pearly whites: 1. 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Remember that if you have to take an emergency trip to your Munroe Falls, OH dentist!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
months to a year old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
too low!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
their teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
candy produced in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
underneath your gums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
your mouth RIGHT NOW!<\/p>\n\n\n\n