Chew On This!

Dental care is part of our everyday routine, however, there may still be a few facts you don't know!

• Our teeth grind up to 20 tons of food in the course of a lifetime!
• On average, our teeth can withstand a pressure of approximately 30 kg.
• Our tooth enamel has a Mohs hardness of 5 and is the hardest material in our body. Fun fact: diamonds have 10!
• One in four respondents said electric toothbrushes are only for the lazy, but tests have shown that electric toothbrushes are more effective at removing plaque.
• A toothbrush only cleans 60% of the tooth's surface. This is why your dentist keeps telling you to floss!
• On average, every person goes to the dentist approx. 158 times in their life and uses 118.5 metres of dental floss (approx. 1.5 m per year).
• Germans use 410,000,000 tubes of toothpaste every year.
• Up to the 19th century, brushing teeth was considered a feminine activity in Europe.
• A sonic toothbrush can easily rotate 30,000 revolutions per minute
• 4.5 kilometres: This is (on average) the length of bread that we chew in our lifetime.