Dental Facts: February 2012

'Dental Facts' is a resource of dental facts gathered from around the internet. It can be used for dentists to help inform their patients of interesting pieces of information about dentistry from the web.

Historical facts about dentistry make for interesting reading and are ideal content for Facebook or Twitter for a dental practice or for showing patients while waiting in the dental practice lounge.

Some facts are also about animal teeth while others are about the development of dentistry over the years.

This resource is not intended to be factually accurate and advice from your dentist should always be sought, do not act on any of the information contained in this website without first speaking to your dentist.

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Dental Facts

Almost 3 million miles of dental floss is sold each year in the USA

One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth

In Vermont USA, it is illegal for women to wear false teeth without the written permission of their husband!

90% of your body's diseases have oral manifestations too

Colgate introduced toothpaste with a smell in 1873.

In the middle ages, people believed that dogs teeth boiled in wine made an excellent mouth rinse for the prevention of tooth decay!.

The Statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.