- The average person only brushes for 45 seconds; however, the recommended amount of time is 2 minutes.
- Over a lifetime, this translates into approximately 35.5 total days of tooth brushing.
- There are 10-12 teaspoons of sugar in a single can of soda. People who drink 3 or more glasses of soda each day have 62% more tooth decay, fillings and tooth loss compared to people who limit sugary and acidic beverages.
- Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body. However, we do not recommend that you use your pearly whites to open bottle caps!
- If you don’t floss, you miss cleaning 40% of your tooth surfaces. Make sure you brush and floss twice a day!
- Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a million dollars on chewing gum.
- More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones.
- Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different
- The average woman smiles 62 times a day. The average man smiles about 8 times a day.
- Kids laugh around 300 times a day, adults just 15 times a day.
- Just like fingerprints, tooth prints are unique to each individual.
- 67% of Americans have had at least 1 cavity by age 19.
- 1882 was the year commercial floss was first manufactured.
- The most valuable tooth belonged to Sir Isaac Newton. In 1816 one of his teeth was sold in London for $3,633, or in today’s terms $35,700. The tooth was set in a ring! (source: Guinness World Records 2002).
- More than 1000 types of bacteria make up dental plaque.
- Dogs have 42 teeth, cats have 30 teeth, pigs have 44 teeth and mosquitos have 47 teeth!
- A snail’s mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but it can have over 14,000 teeth!
- The elephant grinds its molars and grows new ones. This happens six times in a lifetime! An elephant’s molar is about 7 inches square and can weigh over 6 pounds
- The Blue Whale is the largest mammal on earth, but it eats only tiny shrimp because it has no teeth.
- The Crocodile Bird flies into the open mouth of a crocodile and cleans the crocodile’s teeth!
*Note: All facts and jokes have been gathered from different internet sources.