{"id":769,"date":"2012-07-05T15:45:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T15:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakeoconeedentalblog.com\/2012\/07\/how-about-some-tooth-trivia\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:40:44","slug":"how-about-some-tooth-trivia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/how-about-some-tooth-trivia\/","title":{"rendered":"How About Some Tooth Trivia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lakeoconeedentalblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/hipptee1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"733\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-264645\" \/><h3><strong>Did You Know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artic.edu\/aic\/collections\/artwork\/6565\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-212\" src=\"https:\/\/lakeoconeedentalblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/THUMB2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>DID YOU KNOW THAT THE STERN-FACED FARMER<\/strong> that American artist Grant Wood used as the model for his famous painting <em>American Gothic<\/em><strong>was actually his dentist?<\/strong> Yes, it\u2019s true.\n<h3><strong>A Few Other Random, Dental-Related Tidbits<\/strong><\/h3><strong>The first chewing gum<\/strong> was \u201cchicle\u201d\u2014sap from Sapodilla trees. Chicle dates back to Aztec times when people boiled and cut it into blocks.\n<ul><li><strong>You may have once heard<\/strong> that George Washington\u2019s false teeth were made of wood. They weren\u2019t. They were made of ivory, lead, and hippopotamus teeth.<\/li><li>The average person produces <strong>100,000 gallons of saliva<\/strong> during their lifetime\u2014enough to fill 200 bathtubs!<\/li><li><strong>Before toothbrushes<\/strong>, people used shredded twigs to clean their teeth.<\/li><li>An average person exerts <strong>30-40 pounds of pressure per square inch with their jaw muscles.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>One in 2,000 babies is born with some teeth already grown in.<\/strong> Usually, these extra teeth can be pulled and the child will still grow a full set of baby teeth.<\/li><li><strong>During the Middle Ages,<\/strong> some people believed that kissing a donkey would relieve a toothache, and that stealing someone\u2019s tooth could help them grow a new one of their own. Silly folks.<\/li><li><strong>Rabbit\u2019s and squirrel\u2019s teeth never stop growing.<\/strong> They continuously wear them down by gnawing on whatever is handy.<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>Now, Become A Teeth Expert In 30 Seconds<\/strong><\/h3><h3><strong>We Just Wanted To Share A Few Fun Things!\n<\/strong><\/h3><strong>As a rule,<\/strong> we tend to be pretty serious most of the time when it comes to your oral health and our <strong>services<\/strong>. But we all need to lighten up once in a while. Life\u2019s too short. <strong>Our team<\/strong> hopes you\u2019ve enjoyed some of these fun things and trivia.\n\nDo you have any random facts of your own to share? Let us know <strong>by commenting below<\/strong> or sending us a message on our <strong>Facebook<\/strong> page. We love hearing from you!\n<h4>And thank you so much for being our valued patients and friends!<\/h4><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<strong>DID YOU KNOW THAT THE STERN-FACED FARMER<\/strong> that American artist Grant Wood used as the model for his famous painting <em>American Gothic<\/em>... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/how-about-some-tooth-trivia\/\">(Read More)<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How About Some Tooth Trivia? - Lake Oconee Dental Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lakeoconeedental.com\/blog\/how-about-some-tooth-trivia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How About Some Tooth Trivia? 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