This document provides 10 fun and interesting dental facts. Some of the facts include that Sir Isaac Newton's tooth was sold for over $35,000, that the earliest known dental work was found in teeth from 9,000 year old humans in Pakistan, and that people with red hair require more anesthesia during dental procedures than others. The document aims to share amusing tidbits about dental history and procedures.

1. You Have Gingervitis: 10
Fun Dental Facts

2. We all need a little humor now
and then, even when it comes to
dental procedures.
In our Arlington, Texas dental
office, we like to keep things light
and fun.
Often that means a joke or two.
While we are far from being
comedians, we do like interesting
dental facts and funny images
every now and then.

3. Here are some funny (and some
weird) dental tidbits that we think
you’ll enjoy.

4. The most valuable tooth
belonged to Sir Isaac
Newton.
In 1816 one of his teeth was
sold in London for $3,633.00 or
in today’s terms $35,700.00.
The tooth was set in a ring.
(Guinness World Records
2002)

5. Sugar Facts
Chemical manufacturers use sugar to
grow penicillin. A teaspoon of sugar after
a hot curry will extinguish the furnace in
your mouth. A spoonful of sugar added to
a vase will prolong the life of freshly cut
flowers.

6. Earliest Known Dental Work A total of 11 teeth
from 9 adults who lived between 7,500 and
9,000 years ago contain holes drilled with
sharpened flint points, according to a report in
Science News Online.
Flint-wielding specialists drilled holes, which are
believed to have been filled with some type of
material.
The teeth came from residents of a prehistoric
farming village called Mahrgarh in what is now
Pakistan.
(Source: Coppa, A., D.W. Frayer, R.
Macchiarelli, 2006, Early Neolithic tradition of
dentistry. Nature 440 (April 6):755-756)

7. People with red hair are more sensitive
to pain and consequently need more
anesthetic during operations than other
patients.
Those with red hair needed 20 per cent
more aesthetic to numb the pain.
(New Scientist. Oct 2002)

8. More people use blue
toothbrushes than red ones.

9. Royal Smile
There is someone whose job includes squeezing Prince
Charles’s toothpaste onto the royal toothbrush.
That someone is Michael Fawcett, the prince’s personal
valet.
Since Fawcett is, according to various news reports, the
only person Charles trusts with this awesome responsibility,
one must presume that the heir to the throne’s dental
hygiene declines precipitously whenever the valet goes
on vacation. (MSNBC.com)

10. Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.

11. Dentists recommended to kept
toothbrush at least six feet away
from the toilet to prevent
airborne particles.

12. In Germany, during the
Middle Ages, kissing a
donkey was the only
treatment for painful
teeth.

13. If you are left
handed you tend
to chew food on
the left side.

14. Contact Us
 Mark C. Marchbanks, D.D.S.
 2624 Matlock Road Suite 100, Arlington, TX 76015
 Phone: (817) 261-2747
 http://arlingtontexasdentist.net/