• Year commercial floss was first manufactured: 1882
• Material it was first made of: silk
• Newest material: Gore-tex
• Amount bought per person: 18 yards
• Amount that should be bought per person: 122 yards (figuring one foot a day)
• Percent who say they floss daily: 28% (some are fibbing, according to the sales data above)
• In 1994 a prison inmate in West Virginia braided floss into a rope, scaled the wall and escaped
• 83% of people believe their teeth are more important to their appearance than hair and eyes, according to a recent survey conducted by Roper ASW in conjunction with ReachMax
• The most valuable tooth belonged to Sir Isaac Newton. In 1816 one of his teeth was sold in London for $3,633.00 or in today\’s terms $35,700.00 The tooth was set in a ring. (Source: Guinness World Records 2002
• People with red hair are more sensitive to pain and consequently need more anesthetic during operations than other patients. Those with red hair needed 20 per cent more aesthetic to numb the pain, according to New Scientist. Oct 2002
• More than 300 types of bacteria make up dental plaque
• Earliest Known Dental Work A total of 11 teeth from 9 adults who lived between 7,500 and 9,000 years ago contain holes drilled with sharpened flint points, according to a report in Science News Online. Flint-wielding specialists drilled holes, which are believed to have been filled with some type of material. The teeth came from residents of a prehistoric farming village called Mahrgarh in what is now Pakistan. (Source: Coppa, A., D.W. Frayer, R. Macchiarelli, 2006, Early Neolithic tradition of dentistry. Nature 440 (April 6):755-756
• How much is the Tooth Fairy paying per tooth? Around $2 per tooth, according to Securian Dental Plans, an insurance provider. (12/05, Money Magazine)
• 60% of people who don\’t know that a sore jaw, when combined with chest pain, can signal a heart attack-especially in women
• Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush
• More people use blue toothbrushes than red ones
• Smilers in school yearbooks are more likely to have successful careers and marriages than poker faced peers
• Implants are a great way to restore function, comfort and aesthetics to a smile with missing teeth. They improve the look of the smile, aid in bone stimulation and retention, and allow you to eat foods that you may not have been able to eat in the past
• Implants are made of Titanium as this material is not able to be rejected by the body
• Implants can be a better option than a bridge as with a bridge, tooth structure must be removed from adjacent teeth, even if those teeth are healthy and need no repair. Implants need no abutments are an excellent way to replace a missing tooth while keeping surrounding teeth sound
• Implants can be used to support a bridge, a removable denture or a fixed denture.

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Smile is the best gift you can give and it costs nothing. It enriches those who receive without making any poorer those who give. It takes just a moment, but the memory of smile sometimes lasts a lifetime. Smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. At Parkview Dental and Dentist @ False Creek we want to give you the beautiful dazzling smile.

Do you want to be the person who walks into a room and lights it up with your amazing attractive smile? We know smiling seems to come more naturally to some people than others of course, but like any other habit, smiling gets much easier with regular practice. Smiling raises your spirits and makes other people happy – it’s a very powerful expression.

Generally speaking, and on this blog of course, we smile because we are happy, and we frown because we are sad. Charles Darwin first posed the idea that emotional responses might influence our feelings. Darwin said: “The free expression by outward signs of an emotion intensifies it.