Happy Monday all!! Here are some fun dental facts to start your week =) *Dolphins use their teeth to grasp only, not to chew, as dolphins’ jaws have no muscles. *Each year, the 20th of September is an official holiday in China; this day is called “Love your teeth day”. Great people, aren’t they? *An elephant’s molar tooth weighs nearly 4 kilograms and is almost 7 square inches. *In Germany, in the Middle Ages, kissing a donkey was the only treatment for painful teeth. *Ancient Greeks were the first to invent dental pliers. *You can actually produce more than ten thousand gallons of saliva during your entire life. *You consume about 26 calories of your total body calories in a one minute kiss. *Sharks have three rows of sharp teeth in both of their jaws; actually, a shark can change almost forty sets of teeth in its entire life. *The enamel covering the crown of your teeth is the hardest tissue in your entire body. *Most people prefer to use blue toothbrushes than red ones! *Unlike humans, when a crocodile loses a tooth, another one grows to replace the old one. Really, it is a natural born killer. *Originally, the bristles of a toothbrush were made of cow hairs. *The first commercial dental floss was made in the year of 1882.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:39:51 +0000
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