Teeth Facts

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Fact Page: Kissing an infection-free partner is good for your teeth!
Date Added: 2012-05-10 15:47:50
Fact Category: Health Fact

False teeth are often radioactive. Approximately 1 million Americans wear some form of denture; half of these dentures are made of a porcelain compound laced with minute amounts of uranium to stimulate fluorescence. Without the uranium additive, the dentures would be a dull green color when seen under artificial light.

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Fact Page: False teeth are often minutely radioactive.
Date Added: 2011-10-11 05:05:47
Fact Category: Weird Fact

A rare case of genetic misdirection caused a Lenior, NC youth a great deal of pain, but only temporarily.

Thirteen year old, Doug Pritchard had complained for weeks of pain in his left foot. When his father took him to the doctor is was discovered that a tooth had grown in his foot. The doctor said similar cases of teeth growing in parts of the body other than the mouth have been reported, but are very rare.

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Fact Page: In 1977 a 13 year old boy had a tooth growing out of his left foot.
Date Added: 2011-02-24 17:25:08
Fact Category: Weird Fact