- Human beings have four kinds of teeth. The incisors are for slicing and cutting food. The canines for tearing. The premolars and molars for grinding and crushing food for swallowing
- The snail's mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but has around 25,600 teeth.
- Egyptians were among the first dentists. Some mummies have teeth filled with a kind of resin and malachite. In other mummies, gold wire has been used to bind loose teeth
- Rats must continually chew to keep their front teeth worn down. If they lose a top one, the bottom tooth will eventually grow up into that space and continue into their brain.
- The blue whale, largest mammal on earth, only eats tiny shrimp even though a full-grown man could fit in its mouth
- The elephant has six sets of teeth while you and I have only two. Even so, they only use one set at a time. Each set is made up of four teeth two on the top jaw and two on the bottom. These teeth move forward as they wear out and are replaced by the next set. When the last set has gone elephants can die from difficulty eating enough food.
- A man in Belgium is said to have the strongest teeth in the world, because he pulled two 80-ton railroad passenger cars along the rails by a rope held between his teeth. Don't try this at home though-your teeth should never be used for anything except chewing!
- Dentists in the old days would quickly transplant live teeth, often stolen from the dead, into their patients’ jawbones. Now, wouldn’t it just be easier to keep your own?
- For those who are calorie conscious, a 60-second kiss burns 26 calories. Although kissing is a tender way to express affection, it could be a dangerous pastime. Did you know (in addition to sexually transmitted diseases) we can transmit bacteria responsible for tooth decay and gum disease?
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