• Do you know which teeth you use to bite into the burger? The teeth in the upper set are used to bite into food while the teeth in the lower set help chew the food.

• About 0.0005 percent of human beings are born with a tooth. That makes it one person in 2,000!
• Guess which living creatures are not only born toothless but also die toothless. Turtles and tortoises are toothless! Can you imagine how they eat?
• Did you know that if you licked somebody, they would find out it was you? Like finger prints and signatures, each of us has a different tongue print.
• Did you know that once upon a time, teeth were also decorated and accessorized like the rest of the body? Yes, years before Christ was born, between 900 BC and 300 BC, people in the Mayan civilization decorated their teeth. They use to adorn their teeth with gems and precious stones. They also used to file their teeth so that each person had a different, unique set of teeth.
• When George Washington became the President of the United States, in 1790, he was left with just one original tooth in his mouth. He had dentures for the rest. His dentures were an assortment of ivory, gold and tusks of hippopotamus.

Unlike some other animals, you and I get only one set of permanent teeth in our lifetime. Visit your dentist regularly to ensure that the teeth last a lifetime.

Happy smiling!

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