8 Very Surprising Facts About Teeth That Will Blow Your Mind

8 Very Surprising Facts About Teeth That Will Blow Your Mind By: Meet Your Teeth Dental Clinic

Get Smiling If you want to learn how to smile, take lessons from kids. They smile about four hundred times a day, whereas women roughly 65 times and men just about 8 times a day.

Are You Left-Handed You might be wondering what does your being left-handed have to do with your teeth. Here is a fact that you obviously did not know: left-handed people tend to chew food more on the left side. Similarly, right-handed people automatically whirr towards their right.

Bejewelled Teeth Was Once a Fashion Statement Getting your belly pierced is old school; here is a fashion trend that created a stir. Ancient Mayans chipped out small pieces of their tooth and, using edible glue, embedded tiny gemstones in the hole. So every time they smiled, there were semi-precious stones glistening in the sun.

Your Mouth Produces Gallons of Saliva Here is another fact you did not know about your teeth. Your mouth produces 100,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime, which helps prevent tooth decay and removes those tiny bits of food that invariably get stuck between your teeth.

First Brush Was Made From Horse's Hair The first brush invented was in 1498 in China using horses, badgers or a hog's hair. It was much later in the future that animal hair was replaced with synthetic fiber.

Babies Have No Tooth Decaying Bacteria Babies practically do not have any tooth decaying bacteria in their mouth. The mother passes the bacteria to her baby when she kisses or breastfeeds it.

Dolphins Have 250 Teeth If you find the 32 human teeth to be a lot, you obviously have not checked out the amount of chompers dolphins have in their mouth. There are different types of dolphins out there and the amount of teeth they have varies. On an average, dolphins are known to have 250 teeth.

Mice's Teeth Never Stop Chewing There is a reason why mice always have this compulsion to chew and nibble on things. Unlike us humans, mice's teeth never stop growing. They have to consistently keep their teeth busy with gnawing or else, they will grow larger than their body.

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