Pranati Chokshi, DMD,P.A

 

Family Dentistry for Ocoee and Orlando residents

407-654-9905

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Fun facts about your smile and teeth

• It seems children have the right idea

about smiling…they smile about 400

times a day.

• Women smile about 62 times a day

compared to men who smile eight times

a day on average.

• Each person’s set of teeth is unique much

like their fingerprints. Even identical

twins do not have exactly the same set

of teeth. Did you know that your tongue

print is also unique?

• Does the hand you write with affect your

teeth? It can. Right-handed people, tend

to chew food on their right side, while

left-handed people tend to chew on their

left side.

Dental products and their origins

Toothbrush

The first people to use a toothbrush were the

Hindus of India who used the end of a fresh

twig, which was frayed into fibers, in 4000

B.C. The Babylonians in 3500 B.C. called

their toothbrush a “chewing stick.”

A toothbrush made of hog bristles was used

in China in 1600. In 1780, William Addis

of England invented a brush used to clean

teeth. The handle was made from cattle

bone and the bristles were from swine.