Considered by many to be the most important social asset, a smile is something that deserves careful care and attention. Your teeth are unique, just like your fingerprints, even differing between identical twins. Smiles as much a part of our personalities as anything else, yet we often neglect to give them the same consideration as other important parts of our identities.

We don’t always take the best care of our teeth. Those consuming three or more glasses of sugary beverages a day have 62% more tooth decay, fillings, and tooth loss than those who don’t. Still, for the most part, Americans are cautions about dental hygiene. We use mouth rinses, floss our teeth, and make regular use of our toothbrushes which, by the way, typically have more than 25,000 bristles in 40 groups of tufts. In 2010, ju