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  1. The average person only brushes for 45 seconds; however, the recommended amount of time is 2 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Over a lifetime, this translates into approximately 35.5 total days of tooth brushing.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. 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.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. 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!<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. If you don\u2019t floss, you miss cleaning 40% of your tooth surfaces. Make sure you brush and floss twice a day!<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a million dollars on chewing gum.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Like fingerprints, everyone\u2019s tongue print is different<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. The average woman smiles 62 times a day. The average man smiles about 8 times a day.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Kids laugh around 300 times a day, adults just 15 times a day.<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Just like fingerprints, tooth prints are unique to each individual.<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. 67% of Americans have had at least 1 cavity by age 19.<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. 1882 was the year commercial floss was first manufactured.<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. 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\u2019s terms $35,700. The tooth was set in a ring! (source: Guinness World Records 2002).<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. More than 1000 types of bacteria make up dental plaque.<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. Dogs have 42 teeth, cats have 30 teeth, pigs have 44 teeth and mosquitos have 47 teeth!<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. A snail\u2019s mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but it can have over 14,000 teeth!<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. The elephant grinds its molars and grows new ones. This happens six times in a lifetime! An elephant\u2019s molar is about 7 inches square and can weigh over 6 pounds<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. The Blue Whale is the largest mammal on earth, but it eats only tiny shrimp because it has no teeth.<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. The Crocodile Bird flies into the open mouth of a crocodile and cleans the crocodile\u2019s teeth!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *Note: All facts and jokes have been gathered from different internet sources.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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