# 10 Dental Facts You Should Know-Test Your Knowledge of all things Dental

>   Did you know: Tooth Enamel is the hardest substance in your body, but don't open bottles with your teeth When you don't floss, you miss cleaning over 1/3 of your tooth surface-like you never brushed there at all You…
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# Did you know:

- Tooth Enamel is the hardest substance in your body, but don’t open bottles with your teeth

- When you don’t floss, you miss cleaning over 1/3 of your tooth surface-like you never brushed there at all

- You should keep a tooth that has been knocked out in your cheek or a glass of milk to increase the chance of saving it

- Store a toothbrush 6 feet away form your toilet- you don’t want *that* airborne bacteria settling on your brush

- Ironically, according to studies, your toothbrush harbors much more bacteria than your toilet over a similar surface area

- More than 300 different types of bacteria live in a healthy mouth and only a small number of those strains are actually harmful

- The calcium and phosphorous found in dairy products is super healthy for teeth

- Tooth prints are just as unique for each person as their fingerprints are

- One in five patients wear braces as adults