Your teeth can’t fix themselves!
Unlike your hair, nails and skin that can regenerate once damaged, your teeth are the only things in your body that can’t fix themselves. That’s why caring for your pearly whites are very important!
Your smile plays a huge role in your attractiveness!
Aside from other features, over 61% of people admit that they are attracted to someone’s smile alone. That’s another reason to keep those pearly whites looking clean and shiny!
Toothpaste is a modern invention!
You may dislike the minty taste of toothpaste, but it’s nothing compared to what people had to use in the past; odd mixtures of crushed oyster shells, bone, and talc powder are just a few.
Dental floss is stronger than you think!
Many patients often have a fear of dental floss snapping in their mouth; but dental floss is stronger than you think! A West Virginia inmate once used dental floss to braid a rope, which he used to scale a building and escape in 1992. Floss sales were banned from the commissary since then.
Toothpaste was only invented 100 years ago.
Before what we call toothpaste was invented, humans used all kind of mixtures such as crushed oyster shells, ground chalk, charcoal, pulverised brick, lemon juice and salt.
The average person spends 38 days brushing their teeth in their lifetime.
While it feels like an eternity during brushing, it’s important to take your time during each brushing session to thoroughly clean every part of your mouth.
There are more bacteria in the mouth than there are people on earth.
Billions and billions of microorganisms are living in your mouth right now! That’s why constant brushing, flossing and cleaning are essential to keep those numbers in check.
Tooth decay is the second most common disease.
Tooth decay is the second most common disease, after the common cold. That’s why good dental hygiene is taught since young!
Flossing cleans 40% of your mouth.
Ever wondered why your dentist insists you floss? That’s because flossing cleans 40%of your mouth, and helps remove bits of food trapped between teeth!
There are over 700 different types of bacteria in your mouth.
Unlike certain parts of your body that have one specific kind of bacteria, your mouth is home to over 700 different types of it! If left unmanaged, these bacteria can cause bad breath and cause problems.