Cool Dental Facts

Brush to keep your teeth and friends

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What Causes Cavities? http://t.co/yIvnHKECaY

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40% of kids will have cavities by the time they enter kindergarten

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Women are 6 times less likely to develop lip cancer because lipstick helps block sun radiation

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You can die from a cavity

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Fluoride can reduce cavities by 35%

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Children ages 1-6 shouldn't consume more than 1/2 cup of juice per day

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Baby teeth are whiter than our permanent teeth

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We get our first permanent tooth at the age of 6

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The Uvula (often mistaken as tonsils) helps seal the oral cavity from the nasal cavity while swallowing

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If cold relieves your tooth pain, there is almost always necrotic (dead) tissue, requiring a root canal.

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The teeth of skinner children usually erupt before the teeth of stocky children

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Newborns can't breathe through their mouths

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If you fracture your lower jaw, it regrows normally 75% of the time

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Widely accepted that if you want to get ahead in the world, you need to have good dental/facial appearance

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Only 33% of the population have perfect to little teeth alignment. 15% have extreme crowding.

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@amena_saad5 wear your retainer Amena!

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How is this relatable to dentistry? If you're shade matching a tooth, you would rather have a female asses the shade match for accuracy.

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10% of males are colorblind. 0.4% of females are colorblind.