Sugar Facts: Chemical manufacturers use sugar to grow penicillin.
A teaspoon of sugar after a hot curry will extinguish the furnace in your mouth.
A spoonful of sugar added to a vase will prolong the life of freshly cut flowers.
People who drink 3 or more sugary sodas daily have 62% more dental decay, fillings and tooth loss.
More than 300 types of bacteria make up dental plaque.
90% of systemic disease have oral manifestations. (AGD, 2002)
Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
The most valuable tooth belonged to Sir Isaac Newton. In 1816 one of his teeth was sold in London for $3,633.00 or in today's terms $35,700.00 The tooth was set in a ring. (Source: Guinness World Records 2002)
Earliest Known Dental Work: A total of 11 teeth from 9 adults who lived between 7,500 and 9,000 years ago contain holes drilled with sharpened flint points, according to a report in Science News Online. Flint-wielding specialists drilled holes, which are believed to have been filled with some type of material. The teeth came from residents of a prehistoric farming village called Mahrgarh in what is now Pakistan. (Source: Coppa, A., D.W. Frayer, R. Macchiarelli, 2006, Early Neolithic tradition of dentistry. Nature 440 (April 6):755-756)
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