The Whole Tooth - Dental Trivia
November 20, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized
Here is some fun dental trivia.....
* The average human produces 25,000 quarts of saliva (spit) in a lifetime. That is enough to fill 2 swimming pools!
* The Statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.
* Children begin to develop their primary teeth 6 weeks after conception while in their mother's womb.
* 100 years ago, 1/2 of adults in North America were toothless.
* Teeth are the hardest substance in the human body.
* Colgate introduced aromatic toothpaste in a jar in 1873. They later introduced dental cream in collapsable tubes in 1896.
* Dogs have 42 teeth, while cats have 30 teeth.
* The mammal that has the most teeth is the long snouted spinner dolphin with 252 teeth.