The D List
A smattering of dentistry tidbits to inform, amuse and amaze.
August 22
It’s National Tooth Fairy Day! It’s also National Pecan Torte Day. Make of that what you will.
4
Number of dentists serving in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 115th Congress, which presides from January 2017 to January 2019.
100 Million
Number of prescribed opioid pills that go unused each year in the United States after the removal of impacted wisdom teeth, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.
54
Percentage of parents who say it is an ongoing struggle to get their children to brush their teeth, according to a survey from the electric toothbrush manufacturer Kolibree.
$791,850
Average valuation of a dental practice in New England
in 2016—the highest of any region in the country, according
to DrBicuspid-Snapshot.
1840
Year that Solyman Brown published Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth and Their Proper Remedies. Read all about it in the Special Collections of the Hirsh Health Sciences Library: go.tufts.edu/dentologia.
6 Years
Age by which most pet ferrets develop gingivitis, according to veterinary dentists.