Top 8 Amazing Dental Facts You May Not Know

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Amazing Dental Facts You May Not Know

Our teeth have been with us all our lives, but it depends on their safety - we know the basics about teeth, but there are many wonderful and amazing dental facts we are unaware of.

1. Chewing

If you are accustomed to working with the right hand, then you will use the correct side teeth for chewing, and if you are accustomed to working with the left hand, you will use the left side teeth for chewing.

2. Strongest Body Parts

Most people think the most vital part of our body is our bones, but our teeth are more potent than our bones.

3. Hidden Teeth

Two-thirds of our teeth are hidden beneath our gums, and only one-third of our teeth appear.

4. Ancient Toothpaste

Before the invention of toothpaste, the Greeks used a paste that comprised egg whites, bones, and ashes. Also, In ancient times, tree shrubs were used to clean teeth.

5. Teeth Begin To Form In The Mother's Womb

Teeth birth
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You may be surprised to learn that human teeth begin to form in the mother's womb. Though after birth, they appear at a fixed point in the gums.

6. Teeth Are Like Fingerprints

Teeth are also like fingerprints. Everyone differs from others. People can be identified even with teeth. That's why the teeth are recorded.

7. Salad For Teeth

Eating salad leaves or boiled vegetables in salads before meals prevent your teeth from getting stained.

Why Wisdom Teeth Called Wisdom Teeth?

8. Deciduous Teeth

In England and Australia, babies' milk teeth (deciduous teeth) were thrown into the rat's house after it was broken so the baby would never have a toothache.

Just For Fun - If Babies Had Teeth, How They Look?

If Babies Had Teeth How They Look
Picture by: Amy Haehl of Shelbyville, Ind