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  • An elephant in the wild consumes hundreds of pounds of vegetation each and every day. The elephant grinds this vegetation with his four large molars, two uppers and two lowers. Because of the tremendous amount of use they receive, they are gradually worn down to the gum line and drop out after about ten years. These are soon replaced by another set of grinding molars. However, there is a six-set limit of molars within an elephants’ lifetime.

  • An ancient theory blamed the “Toothworm” for toothaches. The Toothworm was believed to chew the interior of a tooth until it was destroyed!

  • Long ago, people used ground-up chalk or charcoal, lemon juice, ashes or even a mixture of tobacco and honey to clean their teeth. It was only about 100 years ago that someone finally created a minty cream to clean teeth.

  • An elephant’s molars measure one foot across and weigh between eight and ten pounds each.

  • Lucy Hobbs was the first woman in the world to earn a D.D.S. degree from a dental school. The year was 1866 and the school was the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati, OH.

  • In an average lifetime, a person produces 10,000 gallons of saliva. As we age, our saliva diminishes, making us more vulnerable to dental infections as well as bad breath.

  • The enamel on a human's tooth is the hardest thing in their body.

  • Teeth in humans start to form before they are born.

  • A shark has around 40 sets of teeth in their lifetime.

  • What did one tooth say to the other? Get your cap on, the dentist is taking us out tonight.

  • What did the tooth say to the dentist? "Fill 'er up!"

  • What happened when a man fell in love with a grand piano? He said, "Darling, you've got lovely teeth."

  • 2/3 of the length of a tooth is in the gum.

  • 40% of people over 65 do not have all their teeth.

  • 50% of people say that a smile is the first feature they notice about someone.

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