Children's Oral Health

• The oral health of children has improved significantly over the past few decades. (CDC)
• Tooth decay remains one of the most common disease of childhood, 5 times as common as asthma and 7 times as common as hay fever. (CDC)
• By age 17, more than 7% of children have lost at least one permanent tooth to decay. (CDC)
• Injuries to children, intentional and no-intentional, often involve trauma to the head, neck and mouth. The leading causes of oral and head injuries are sports, violence, falls and motor vehicle crashes. (CDC)
• Tobacco-related oral lesions are common in teenagers who use spit (smokeless) tobacco. The lesions occur in 35% of snuff users and 20% of chewing tobacco users. (CDC)
• More than 51 million school hours are lost each year because of dental-related illness. (CDC)
• Kids laugh around 400 times a day. Grown-ups just 15
• Smilers in school yearbooks are more likely to have successful careers and marriages than poker faced peers.
• Each person's set of teeth is unique - much like their fingerprints - even in identical twins.
• If you're right handed, you will chew your food on your right side. If you're left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
• The second most common disease in the United States is tooth decay. The first in the common cold.

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