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.

1994 a prison inmate in West Virginia braided floss into a rope, scaled the wall and escaped

In 1905 dental assistant Irene Newman was trained to clean teeth. She became the first Dental Hygienist.

In 1986, the winner of the National Spelling Bee won by spelling ODONTALGIA (which means toothache

The snail's mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but it can have over 25,000 teeth

The Crocodile Bird flies into the open mouth of a crocodile and cleans it's teeth for it

The Blue Whale is the largest mammal on earth, but it eats only tiny shrimp because it has no teeth

The Elephant grinds down its molars and grows new ones. This happens six times in its lifetime!

Babies' teeth begin to develop before they are born, but in most cases don't come through until they're between 6 and 12 months old

Vigorous brushing does more harm than good.

Overzealous brushing can lead to eroded enamel which never grows back causing teeth sensitivity along with other oral problems

You should always maintain a distance of 6 feet between the toilet and where you brush. The air borne particles from the flush can travel up to 6 feet.

Always replace a toothbrush after you had a cold, sore throat or notorious infections

. The bacteria plant them on the toothbrush which can lead to reinfection

New born babies have no caries forming bacteria.

 Infact, it is the babies mother who transmits the plaque forming bacteria by blowing on food before feeding and kissing the babies mouth

Manual toothbrushes become worn out after about 3 months and are not as effective as they once were