10 Interesting Factoids About Your Teeth

• Dr Halim Prayogo (dentist)
• 7 years ago

In the fast-paced modern world, it can be hard to find even a few minutes of peace and calm. We are surrounded by noise, interactions, and advertising campaigns.

To give you a break, the professionals at Smart Smile Dental offer you a diversion with this short (more or less) collection of dental facts myths. Please enjoy it.

Some of the myths that revolve around how to cure a toothache can be quite entertaining.

• One possibly dangerous myth is that placing an aspirin on a sore tooth is better than swallowing the aspirin. FALSE! Aspirin is actually acetylsalicylic acid, which can cause swelling in soft tissues and can complicate dental issues.

You wouldn’t put aspirin on your forehead to treat a headache, and neither would you put it on a tooth for a toothache.

• One of the silliest myths dates from the middle ages, is surprisingly complicated, and includes a candle made of sheep suet. “Take a candle of sheep’ suet, some eringo seed being mixed therewith, and burn it as near the tooth as possible, some cold water being held under the candle.

The worms (destroying the tooth) will drop into the water, in order to escape from the heat of the candle.” Obviously, it is not very clever to put a candle near a tooth, in any circumstances!

• Finally, there is also a myth that chewing cloves will cure a toothache. This is false, but needs an explanation. Cloves do contain eugenol, a chemical that can cleanse and numb an area for a period of time. So it is possible that chewing on cloves could offer temporary relief from the pain of a toothache, albeit, not fixing the cause of the problem. To fix the cause of a toothache, visit your Smart Smile Dental office!

To treat toothaches or enhance the overall look of your teeth as well as your overall dental health, visit your Deer Park dentist at Smart Smile Dental.

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