In the early 1600s Japanese women made their teeth black to show loyalty to their husbands. Ohaguro is the term for this custom of dyeing one's teeth black. It was most popular in Japan until the Meiji era. Tooth painting was also known and practiced in the...

You may remember Doc Holliday for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and their famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, but Holliday was actually a dentist who was trained in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and developed a booming little practice in Atlanta. After a short time,...

The Statue of Liberty's mouth is three feet wide! Source: The National Park Service

Apparently, in Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth. Now, how they enforce this is beyond us. . . . And while we are on the subject of strange laws  in Vermont, at one time it was also illegal to tie a giraffe to a...

According to Guinness World Records, the most expensive tooth sold at auction cost £23,010 ($36,857) and was bought by Dr Michael Zuk (Canada) at the Omega Auction House in Stockport, Cheshire, UK, on 5 November 2011. The tooth is reported to have belonged to John...

Now, if this doesn't qualify as a weird dental "fact," well then, not much does:   Justin Quinnell, 52, from Bristol, England, has travelled the world taking pictures with a pinhole camera placed inside his mouth. He has captured every aspect of his life - from a trip...

Not so long ago, dentures were common wedding gifts in the British Isles. Evidently this was because many people expected that they would eventually lose all of their teeth.  In fact, some individuals actually expedited the process by having their teeth extracted at...

Sofia Vergara, otherwise known as Gloria Pritchett on Modern Family, studied pre-dentistry at the University of Colombia for three years, and, she's "obsessed" with good oral hygiene. She's been an actress, model, television host and, yes, Vergara almost took up...

Prince Charles reportedly relied on former senior valet Michael Fawcett to squeeze toothpaste onto his royal toothbrush. Fawcett, was according to numerous news sources, the only person Charles trusted with this tremendous responsibility.