Weird Dental Facts
Exploring the Quirky and Curious World of Dentistry

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Wise Move?
A Canadian man proposed to his girlfriend with a ring made from his wisdom tooth. A toothbrush may be all that a Carlee Leifkes needs to clean her engagement ring, because in lieu of a diamond, her engagement ring featured her husband-to-be's tooth. Some girls who...
DON’T Try This at Home
An Englishwoman who was terrified of dentists used SUPERGLUE to stick teeth back in her mouth for TEN YEARS. -- Angie Barlow, 48, became scared of dentists after her mother's throat cancer was discovered at a visit to have a tooth removed. -- For more than 10 yeasrs,...
That Could Take A Lot of Filling Material!
An elephant's tooth can weigh over six pounds. A tusk from an adult male elephant, on the other hand, can weigh anywhere from 100 to 175 pounds. The heaviest tusk ever recorded weighed in at 220 pounds! Fortunately, because elephants generally stick to their natural...
Hi. How do you chew?
Did you know? If you are right-handed, you tend to chew on your right side. If you are left-handed, you tend to chew on the left side of your mouth. We don't have a problem with that . . . .
I’d Much Rather Be At The Dentist
How badly can your tooth ache? Apparently, badly enough to break out of Oestragaard prison in southwest Sweden in order to get to the dentist. And that's exactly what a 51-year-old Swedish inmate did "because he had a toothache and wanted to go to the dentist." He...
Dental Ground Hog Day?
Yes. It's a fact. It's weird. And it's dental. Imagine waking up every day, thinking it's time for your root canal appointment. Ten years after the fact, a British soldier who had been stationed in Germany, still believes it's the morning of March 2005, and he's...
Muscle Power
The tongue is considered to be the strongest muscle in the body. (If you doubt it, ask any dental assistant who has had to hold one back.)
Your Skeleton Is Showing
Did you know that teeth are the only part of a person's skeleton you can see while they are alive? So be sure to brush your skeleton after meals. Which is kind of weird, if you think about it. (But do it anyway.)
You’re Bugging Me
It has been claimed that mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Let's set the record straight here at Weird Dental Facts: In actual fact, they do not! Now, while you may be relieved to know that mosquitoes don't have teeth, unfortunately, that doesn’t prevent those bothersome...