Fun Facts

• The average American spends 38.5 total days brushing teeth over a lifetime.
• 60% of people don't know that a sore jaw, when combined with chest pain, can signal a heart attack- especially in women.
• 73% of Americans would rather go grocery shopping than floss. 
• Only 40% of young people age 6 to 19 have never had cavities in their lifetimes. That's down from 50% a decade ago.  
• More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones. 
• The average woman smiles about 62 times a day! A man? Only 8.
• Kids laugh around 400 times a day, grown-ups just 15. 
• Energy drinks have 11% more sugar than regular soda.
• People who drink 3 or more glasses of soda each day have 62% more tooth decay, fillings, and tooth loss than others. Put down the pop and sports drinks and pick up some nice fresh water instead!
• In 1994 a prison inmate in West Virginia braided dental floss into a rope, scaled the wall and escaped.  Floss is best used to clean between your teeth instead of climbing prison walls. If you do not floss, you are missing around 35% of your teeth's surfaces with brushing alone.