“How High Is Your Dental IQ” Test, Part 4.

LOOKING OUT FAR ACROSS THE CALM AZURE WATERS WITH A HALF-WORKING, ANTIQUE TELESCOPE, AND ACTING JUST LIKE AN OLD-FASHIONED AND LOVEABLE BUCANEER PIRATE SEEKING THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, AND OTHER VARIOUS AND SUNDRY BURIED TREASURES, TUCKED AWAY ON OUT-OF-THE-WAY TINY ISLANDS, the swashbuckling, parrot-on-the-shoulder, patch-over-the-eye-wearing, loud-nose-blowing, long-swig-of-rum-taking, but no-swear-word-using HSR, by way of your “I ain’t swabbing no deck, hoisting no sail, and firing no cannons” smile, can’t wait to make it to the world-famous Isle Uninhibita, for a bunch of hard-partying, no-sleep-getting, games-of-chance playing, and big-lie telling marathons!

                                                                                                     Back to Love Toothbrush®                                             

"Okay, kids, it's class time! Take out your 20 pound books and open them to page 2,500!"

1.     T or F

When George Washington was inaugurated as President in 1789, he only had one natural tooth remaining in his mouth. (mountvernon.org)

2.     T or F

Teeth are used for mastication, speech, for use as tools, for fighting, and may provide the owner esthetic value.

3.     Hip Hop Rappers who wear “grills” on their teeth:

A)   can have fixed or removable options.

B)   should be concerned about the preciousness of the metals used in the construction of the grill (adequate grades of silver, gold, or platinum).

C)   make a statement about their character and beliefs, and identity.

D)   may choose to have stones of varying degrees of worth placed in the grill (diamonds, cubic zirconium, Swarovski crystals, rubies, etc.).

E)   still need to adequately floss, brush, and rinse every day.

F)    can actually have individual crowns in a row.

G)   all of the above.

4.     Choose the correct sentence:

A.     Grinding the teeth at night actually relieves distress

B.     Distress in a person’s life can cause one to grind the teeth at night.

5.     T or F

         Bruxism, or grinding of the teeth during sleep, only occurs during the REM sleep stage.

6.      T or F

Nocturnal bruxism can happen in people of all ages.

Answers: 1 T, 2 T, 3 G, 4 B, 5 F, 6 T.

May you have many…this is my ship and if I want to sail into that ol’ Bermuda Triangle, well, dag nabit, that’s where I’ma sail, now fetch me my compass, mate!...will million-dollar houses be still worth that much if the city that they are in runs out of tap water?...go to bed early and get rest, because if you wake up tomorrow, you’ll be stronger, sharper, and ready to perform more admirably...smiles!