Fun Dental Facts
Around here, we take teeth seriously. But some of these facts just make us laugh out loud! Did you know some of these? Do you agree with them?
· 32% of Americans cite bad breath as the least attractive trait of their co-workers.
· 38.5 total days an average American spends brushing teeth over lifetime- Over a month of our lives are spent brushing teeth!
· 73% of Americans would rather go grocery shopping than floss!???
· Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. Yuck!
· A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.
· Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum.
· Only 40% of young people age 6 to 19 had ever in their lives had cavities. That’s down from 50% a decade ago. J
· More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones. (Mine is green!)
· The average woman smiles about 62 times a day! A man? Only 8! (Smile guys!)
· Kids laugh around 400 times a day, Grown-ups just 15. (One of the many valuable lessons we can learn from children!)
· Smilers in school yearbooks are more likely to have successful careers and marriages than poker faced peers.
· More than 51 million hours of school are lost each year by children due to dental related illness.
· Just 40% of children in poor or near-poor poverty level had a preventive dental visit in the past year.
· Energy drinks have 11% more sugar than regular soda. (Whoa- that’s a lot of sugar!)