Can you handle the tooth?

We all know our teeth are important for eating, talking, and smiling, but most often we overlook how cool teeth can be!

Fun fact 1:

Teeth start to form even before birth. Baby teeth start to form when a baby is in the womb, but teeth don’t begin to show until a child is between six and twelve months old.

Fun fact 2:

Humans have two sets of teeth during their lifetime, while sharks have around 40 sets of teeth.

Fun fact 3:

Your mouth produces over 25,000 quarts of saliva throughout your life. That’s enough to fill two swimming pools!

Fun fact 4:

The average person spends 38 days brushing their teeth during their lifetime.

Fun fact 5:

Modern toothpaste has only been available for the past hundred years. Before this invention, charcoal or ground chalk, ashes, lemon juice and honey-tobacco mixtures was used to clean teeth!

Fun fact 6:

In Egypt, mummies have been found with fillings comprised of resin and malachite, and gold wire was used to bind together loose teeth.

Fun fact 7:

The hardest tissue in the body is the enamel covering our teeth.

Fun fact 8:

The average woman smiles about 62 times per day! A man? Only 8.

Fun fact 9:

Each year, people in China celebrate “Love your Teeth Day” on September 20th.

Fun fact 10:

It takes 43 muscles to frown, but only 17 to smile.