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• Wisdom teeth are the last teeth to erupt in the mouth and unlike other teeth’s crowns and roots, wisdom teeth are not present in a fetus’ mouth in the womb. They get their nickname from the time of life they grow in. Ages 17 to 25 are the typical time they push up through the gums, a time of life referred to as the “age of wisdom.” They are the most frequently extracted teeth, with an estimated 85% of wisdom teeth eventually having to be removed, with the lower ones most commonly removed. Wisdom teeth usually decay more quickly than other teeth, because of the difficulty of cleaning them so far back in the mouth. • A wisdom tooth becomes impacted when there isn’t enough room for it to enter the mouth correctly. 90% of people have at least one impacted wisdom tooth. • There are normally four wisdom teeth, but 35% of the population have none, because they never developed. • Your teeth are like fingerprints – as individual as you are! No two teeth are exactly the same shape and size. • Even the ancient Egyptians recognized the importance of proper care of their teeth. Around 5,000 B.C., these folks used crushed burnt eggshells and ground animal hooves to clean and polish their teeth. The Greeks used pumice, talk, alabaster, coral powder, crushed oyster shells, or iron rust to clean their chompers. The Romans cleaned their teeth with powdered charcoal and bark, while the Chinese favored including some flavoring to combat bad breath, adding ginseng and herbal mints. • In 1873, Colgate began mass production of toothpaste in jars, switching to tubes in the 1890s. Fluoride toothpastes made their debut in 1914. Up until 1945, toothpastes contained soap! ...cont'd

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• Upwards of 70 million people across the globe are stutterers – about one in every 100, 1% of the world’s population. About 3 million Americans stutter, with males affected three times more than females. About 1 in 20 children aged 2 to 5 will have some type of stuttering during childhood. It might begin gradually or it may appear suddenly. • There are many myths surrounding stuttering. It’s not a psychological disorder, as some have claimed, but rather a biological and neurological condition. Genetics contribute greatly to stuttering and genes that cause it have been identified. Frequently there will be more than one member of the same family who stutters. It’s not a habit that can just be broken if a person really wants to. Some who work very hard at changing their speech are unable to do so. However, many have been able to overcome it through diligent effort, such as Sir Winston Churchill, who became an eloquent speaker despite his impediment. As a young newscaster, John Stossel was pulled off the air for stuttering. He spent years practicing different speech techniques – breathing in before talking, speaking softly and slowing – but still had it written into his contract for “20/20”, a program he co-hosted with Barbara Walters, that he would never have to do live reports, giving him a chance to re-tape stories. • Several actors have prevailed over the obstacle, including James Earl Jones, Jimmy Stewart, Marilyn Monroe, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt.

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• The 2010 movie “The King’s Speech” chronicles the story of Britain’s King George VI’s courageous efforts toward coping with his stuttering. The monarch spent countless hours with an Australian speech therapist and victoriously addressed the country in his first wartime radio broadcast when Great Britain declared war on Germany in 1939.

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• Old wives’ tales maintained that a child stuttered because the mother saw a snake during pregnancy, or the child ate a grasshopper at a young age. As recently as 1940, it was believed that forcing a left-handed child to become right-handed contributed to the impediment. It was also thought that stutterers were less intelligent or capable, an obvious inaccuracy. Some claimed that it was a behavior that children could pick up from listening to others who stuttered. • Oddly enough, those who stutter don’t do so when they sing. Mel Tillis, Elvis Presley, Carly Simon, and Ed Sheeran are proof of that. People with the condition don’t stutter when they whisper or shout, or recite words along with a group. • Stuttering frequently mysteriously disappears. Up to 80% of young children who start stuttering will stop, although if it continues into their school-age years, it’s likely to continue in some form. About one out every 100 children will have long-term stuttering. Some people have periods when it just goes away, but suddenly reappears. Strokes and traumatic brain injuries can bring on an impediment that wasn’t there before. • What can you do to help? Make every effort not to finish a sentence or fill in words for those who stutter. Wait patiently and allow them to finish their thought. Don’t suggest that they slow down or “just relax.” You can be sure that’s been tried many times to no avail.

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