Debunking Dental Myths

DEBUNKING DENTAL MYTHS BUSTING MYTHS ABOUT YOUR DENTAL HEALTH IF YOUR TEETH MYТН ARE WHITE, YOUR TEETH ARE HEALTHY FACT DECAY WHITENING and gum disease can does not treat lurk behind white teeth tooth decay BABY TEETH DON'T MYTH NEED TO BE BRUSHED FACT DECAYED DECAYED baby teeth cause pain, baby teeth can cause speech problems, and adult teeth misalignment eating issues MYTH BAD BREATH MEANS YOU HAVE POOR ORAL HYGIENE FACT POOR FOODS, oral hygiene is only illnesses, and certain one possible cause medications are of bad breath other causes MYTH THE MORE SUGAR YOU EAT, THE MORE CAVITIES YOU WILL GET FACTO HOW NOT long sugar sits on your teeth, not the amount brushing after eating sugar is a real danger you consume, counts more YOU SHOULD PUT MYTH AN ASPIRIN ON AN ACHING TOOTH FACT ASPIRIN ASPIRIN causes acid burns doesn't work unless to gums and lips swallowed DID YOU KNOW...? PLAQUE 59% contains 300 species of people prefer dental of bacteria visits to sitting next to a person on a cell phone Шри TOOTH PUTTING enamel is the hardest a cap on your toothbrush substance in your body lets bacteria grow there MEDIEVAL GERMANS THE CHINESE used horse or hog hair to make toothbrushes as early as 1498 thought kissing a donkey cured toothaches WOMEN average 62 smiles per day vs. 8 per day for men INFOGRAPHIC UAD PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATES IN DENTISTRY www.bestdentalimplantsinchicago.com Sources: http://www.oviedopremierdental.com/admin/wild-n-crazy-dental-facts/ http://www.juniordentist.com/some-intresting-facts-in-dentistry.html http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/oral-care/problems/5- common-dental-myths5.htm http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/dentalhealth/Pages/Thetruthaboutteeth.aspx http://www.deltadentalins.com/oral_health/baby_bottle.html http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/healthy-teeth-10/cavities-myths?page=1 (1"