• Everyone has a distinct tongue print, as unique as a finger print or a signature.

• Do you know that each of us use the upper set of the teeth to bite and the lower set to chew?
• Some time between 900 BC and 300 BC, people in the Mayan civilization decorated their teeth. They use to adorn their teeth with gems and precious stones. They also used to file their teeth so that each person had a different, unique set of teeth.
• As many as 0.0005 percent of human beings are born with a tooth.
• Turtles and tortoises never grow tooth. They are absolutely toothless throughout their lives.
• When George Washington became the President of the United States, in 1790, he was left with just one original tooth in his mouth. He had dentures for the rest. His dentures were an assortment of ivory, gold and tusks of hippopotamus.

Visit your dentist regularly to ensure that your teeth last a lifetime.

Happy smiling!

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