Every March 20^th, people across the globe celebrate World Oral Health Day. It’s an awareness day that encourages everyone around the world to keep not just their teeth healthy but to maintain the health of their mouth as well.

The Basics of World Oral Health Day

March 20^th isn’t an arbitrary date to celebrate oral health. In fact, there’s a lot of meaning behind the day. According to the World Oral Health Day website, the date was chosen to symbolize the fact that senior citizens are considered healthy if they have 20 of their own teeth by the end of their lives, everyone should have 20 baby teeth when they are kids, and adults should have 32 teeth and no cavities. As you can see, there are plenty of reasons that 3/20 is the perfect day to celebrate having a healthy mouth.

Smiling and happiness are typically seen to go hand-in-hand, and people assume that if you’re smiling you must be enjoying your life and have a positive outlook. But can it be the other way around? Can your teeth impact your happiness and even your success in life? It might seem like your expression is simply an indication of your mood, but studies are starting to show that your teeth can have a wide reaching impact on your confidence and how you feel about yourself as well.

We all have little mental beauty wish lists. You know, just a few things about our appearance that we’d like to update if we ever had the time or money to actually spend on them. A major wish list item for a lot of people is whiter teeth, and we bet that it’s pretty high on your list too. Why put it off? Getting stunning, white teeth is actually a whole lot easier than you probably think. Here are a few ways you can score whiter teeth and check off that wish list item in just a few days.

How to keep your teeth into your old age

To make sure that your teeth stay firmly in your mouth, well into your retirement and beyond, there are three main areas to consider:

A question we ask ourselves, usually a week after the Halloween sugar rush has subsided, is what damage have I done to my teeth? With such a huge increase in lolly consumption by kids and parents alike, coupled with the colossal spike in coffee intake as those aforementioned parents anxiously await their little ghouls and goblins’ safe return, the holiday season can truly be murder on the enamel.