Did you know

• The average human produces 25,000 quarts of saliva (spit) in a lifetime. That is enough saliva to fill 2 swimming pools!
• Most tooth loss in people under 35 years of age is caused by athletic trauma, fights or accidents.
• Most tooth loss in people over age 35 is from Periodontal Disease.
• Children begin to develop their primary teeth 6 weeks after conception while in their mothers womb.
• If you don't floss, you miss cleaning 35% of your tooth surfaces.
• A tooth that has been knocked out starts to die within 15 minutes, but if you put it in milk or hold it in your mouth it will survive longer. See a dentist ASAP!
• 100 years ago 50% of adults in North America were toothless.
• Today less than 10% of adults over age 65 have lost teeth.
• In the middle ages, people believed that dogs teeth boiled in wine made an excellent mouth rinse for tooth decay prevention.
• Teeth are the hardest substance in the human body.
• Ancient cultures chewed on twigs or roots to clean their teeth.
• Boar, badger and horse hair were used for toothbrush bristles but were later found to be abrasive and harsh.
• The first nylon bristled toothbrush with a plastic handle was invented in 1938.
• The first American to get a patent for a toothbrush was H.N. Wadsworth.
• The electric toothbrush first appeared in 1939.
• Egyptians used a form of toothpaste over 5000 years ago.

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