Facts about your MOUTH_Narrated by Sanjoy Dazz in English
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Young Adult (18-35)Transcript
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mm hmm. Thank you, caring teeth for centuries. The way that we care for our teeth may have changed, but it's something we've done for a very long time. Did you know? The first two brushes were actually twigs our ancestors chewed on using the frayed ends to cleanse their teeth Around 5000 BC. The Egyptians used crushed eggshells and ground animal hooves to clean and polish their teeth. By the 1700s, a British inventor had adapted a toothbrush designed for seen in China. A bone handled with boar bristles inserted into small holes and secured with wire. Modern toothbrushes with Nylon bristles only came into use in the late 1930s. and the first electric toothbrush was introduced in 1954, bacteria everywhere there are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people on earth. There are over 100 million bacteria in just one drop of saliva. Your mouth houses about 20 billion microbes from 500 to 650 different species. They live on the teeth and tongue, but biofilms also cover the cheeks and oral mucosa. These bacteria are an important part of your microbiome, the good bacteria in your body and they contribute to your overall health. Wisdom teeth. Our ancestors needed their wisdom teeth anthropologists believe that wisdom teeth were the evolutionary answer to our ancestors. Early diet of course, rough food like leaves, roots, nuts and meats which required more chewing power and resulted in excessive wear of the teeth. Thanks to our modern diet of softer foods along with the wonders of food technology like forks, spoons and knives has made the need for wisdom teeth non existent. Some people never get wisdom teeth. But for those who do the number may be anywhere from 1-4 and on very rare occasions more than four tom print. Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint. This mouth fat is a bit of a weird one. Everyone has a unique tongue print. And while it's unlikely that your local police station will start taking tongue prints, research on a three D. Imaging machine is being developed and tested. But it's safe to say that people typically don't go around leaving tongue prints. So it's unlikely this will become an identifying factor. But who knows Similarly, no two people have the same set of teeth. More tongue facts. Did you know that 85% of people can curl their tongue into a tube Or 15%. Just can't. Your tongue is made up of a group of muscles running in different directions, which helps it do all of its jobs. The front of the tongue make sounds with some help from the teeth and also helps push your food around the back part of the tongue helps. Makes sounds such as Kerr and girl for gold and pushes to that food down into your esophagus, the long tube that goes to your stomach tip of the iceberg. The teeth are bigger than they appear. What you see when you look in the mirror can be deceptive. Only 2/3 of the tooth is visible And another 1/3 is hidden below the gum line. If you've ever had a tooth pole and looked at it after, you know how much bigger it is than it appears inside your mouth tough stuff. The enamel on your teeth is the hardest stuff in your body. The number can be found on the outside of the ground and it protects your teeth from damage and where there are three other parts of the tooth. The Denton, which makes up most of the tooth, the pulp, which has blood vessels and nerves, and the root which holds the tooth in place swimming pools. We produce about 37,854 liters of saliva during our lives, which is enough to fill two Olympic sized swimming pools. That may sound disgusting. But it's actually a very good thing for your oral health and for your taste buds you need saliva in order to taste. Because your saliva is what breaks down your food into the compounds which your taste bud receptors can detect without saliva. Your food would have no taste at all. Alive teeth teeth are like your bones and are alive, which means they can die. Teeth have their own blood supply and nerves. Since your teeth are alive, they have the ability to heal themselves just like any other tissue in your body. Your saliva contains enzymes that helps teeth ****. But it is inhibited by sugar and bad bacteria. How many Kids have about 20 teeth by the time they turn three. These are just temporary and are called milk teeth By age five or 6. The permanent teeth start coming in which pushes the small teeth out. The reason you lose your teeth when you're young. After these teeth come in, adults end up with 32 teeth left or right. Did you know the hand you write with dictates what side of your mouth you will chew with if you're left handed, you will predominantly choose food on your left side. Mm hmm. Short and sweet. Bad news for taste buds. They only live for about 10 days before they're regenerated chapped lips. Unlike other areas on your body, the lips don't have sweat glands. This is why they so often get dry and chapped cavity free. Most kids are jealous of dogs because it's very rare for a dog to get a cavity. This is because the dog has a lot of good bad tv on the mouth that helps to prevent them. Also, dogs don't eat a lot of food with sugar and acid. If you cut back on sugar and acid, you two won't get a lot of cavities. Mm hmm. Protection. Certain cheeses and dark chocolate have been found to protect teeth from decay digestive system. The mouth is the beginning of the digestive system and in fact dietician starts here before you even take the first bite of a meal. The smell of food triggers the saliva glands in your mouth to secrete saliva, causing your mouth to water. When you actually taste the food, saliva increases exposed. Okay your teeth can give you away. Did you know that your teeth can reveal your age where you're from, what your diet consists of and even the status of your overall health. Your teeth aren't going to lie so you better take good care of yourself. Taste buds. Tang has anywhere from 3000 to 10,000. Taste buds Pigs have almost 20,000. Mhm. Travel fast Food needs only seven seconds to reach from your mouth to stomach. Mhm. Keep smiling. Smiling boosts your immune system. When you smile, your stress hormone levels drop. This leads to an increase in the number of immune cells your body has available to fight infections like colds or the flu. Smiling really does keep you healthy. Yeah. Hope you had fun reading these facts about the mouth. But always remember keep smiling. You live longer.