18 Nov 2025
☑️TRUE — oral cancer that is detected early is often treatable and can be curable. When caught at a localized stage (before it spreads), survival rates are significantly higher, and many patients achieve long‑term remission after treatment.
#toothtuesday #triviatuesday
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Fluoride varnish reduces your kid's risk of tooth decay. Many child dental programs apply it to their teeth. This National Children's Dental Health Month #ToothTuesday #NCDHM, read about what parents should know about fluoride at bit.ly/3hdHaV6
ALT Stop sign against blue sky with cartoon teeth above reads: STOP cavities before they start
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A worn toothbrush won’t do a good job of cleaning your child’s teeth. Replace your toothbrush every 3 or 4 months. Learn about proper brushing for National Children's Dental Month #ToothTuesday #NCDHM at tinyurl.com/2upb7bd6
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16 Jan 2024
#toothtuesday DYK that tusks are teeth? Tusks are generally defined as protruding from the mouth and growing continuously during life. This is a tusk of the extinct walrus Ontocetus emmonsi from the early Pleistocene (1.1-1.8 Ma) of South Carolina.
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9 Jan 2024
#toothtuesday The new specimen of the tiny megatoothed shark Megalolamna paradoxodon from the Oligocene of South Carolina (~24 myo) - just published by a team including our paleontologist @CoastalPaleo in the journal Historical Biology!
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8 May 2023
Join me & @conorontology tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:30, where we will be looking in the collections at some of the amazing fossil shark collections 🦈
#toothtuesday #shark #fossil #HiddenTreasures
8 May 2023
Why do we have so many fossil shark teeth but no shark bones? Join tomorrow’s episode of #HiddenTreasures with fossil fish curator, @NHM_FossilFish, to find out!
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17 Jan 2023
Top #evolution story: @CofCNatHistory: '#toothtuesday A new #fossilexplainer - how do you tell apart fossil bison from horse (Equus) teeth? Both are common in Pleistocene (ice age) deposits, and are frequently mistaken … x.com/CofCNatHistory/status/…, see more tweetedtimes.com/v/1557?s=tn…
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28 Dec 2022
@CofCNatHistory Hemipristis found at crab bank mid December. It's a beauty. #toothtuesday
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20 Sep 2022
Sample of Cetaceans teeth I found at Peace River near Zolfo Springs, Fl. – most likely from the Late Miocene. Going from left to right: 1st Large dolphin? - 2nd Hadrodelphis sp.? - 3rd and 4th Unsure - 5th Pomatodelphis sp. #FloridaFossils #ToothTuesday #Miocene
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28 Jun 2022
1/2 This monster of a tooth came from a Giant Ground Sloth – Eremotherium sp. The upper & lower teeth would interlock forming a shearing bite for eating leafs & branches. Collected back in 2001 from the now-closed Caloosa Shell Pit in Ruskin, Fl. Early #Pleistocene #ToothTuesday
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14 Jun 2022
This Titanothere premolar tooth was glued back together – I was unable to locate in the field a small end portion of the root. Tooth was collected in the Nebraska Badlands (Private ranch) – Chadron Formation – Oligocene. #ToothTuesday #NebraskaFossils #Oligocene
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10 Jun 2022
Announcing #toothtuesday where I will give random and exciting facts about your teeth!
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7 Jun 2022
Here’s a sloth tooth showing dental microwear on its occlusal surface. Most likely, these scratches were made within the last few days before its death. Studies use these scratches to infer a sloth’s diet, feeding behavior, and jaw movement. #ToothTuesday #FloridaFossils #Sloth
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