If you can get to 80 years old with 20 teeth, you’re good to eat

A healthy mouth full of white teeth is not just aesthetically pleasing, but also plays an important role in increasing your healthy life expectancy. — AFP

Despite the fact that we clean them at least once or twice a day and use them more often than that, do we really think about our teeth? The truth is, we tend to ignore our pearly whites unless they cause us trouble, like coming loose or hurting.

This is clearly proven in the results of the latest National Oral Health Survey for Adults (Nohsa) 2010, where the most common reason for visiting the dentist over the previous two years was “something wrong” (56.6%), with the second most common reason, “time for cleaning/examination”, trailing far behind at 15.9%.