by Team TUNG Brush | Jun 19, 2013 | Tongue Facts
Professional researchers have gained a new understanding of bacterial behavior in the mouth and it revolves around Biofilms. Sounds serious, doesn’t it? Well, it can be if you don’t know what to do about them! Plaque is type of biofilm. Biofilms are...
by Team TUNG Brush | May 16, 2013 | Tongue Facts, TUNG Brush
You know, if you don’t take care of your tongue, it will be virtually impossible to say some of the world’s hardest tongue twisters! (And we say this with our tongue firmly planted in our cheek!) Imagine trying to say “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s...
by Team TUNG Brush | Apr 22, 2013 | TUNG Brush
Most people are afraid of having a gag reflex. Interestingly enough, it is a good thing! It is the body protecting itself against choking, even though it may feel uncomfortable to the one who has it. Also known as the pharyngeal reflex and a laryngeal spasm, the gag...
by Team TUNG Brush | Apr 9, 2013 | Tongue Facts
“How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” Engineering students at Purdue University and the University of Michigan used licking machines to get to the bottom of this eternal question. Purdue’s machine averaged 364 licks...
by Team TUNG Brush | Apr 1, 2013 | Tongue Facts
On March 14, 1951, at an event at Princeton to honor his 72nd birthday, Albert Einstein was asked to smile for the camera by photographer Arthur Sasse. Much to Sasse’s surprise, Einstein stuck out his tongue instead! Einstein was so amused by the image that he...
by Team TUNG Brush | Mar 25, 2013 | Tongue Facts, TUNG Brush
The next time you look at your tongue in a mirror, notice its color, texture and coating! Did you know that the appearance of your tongue can be a critical tool to determining your overall health? A healthy tongue should be pink in color, and can reflect the health of...
by Team TUNG Brush | Mar 25, 2013 | Tongue Facts, TUNG Brush
For babies, sticking out their tongue is developmentally and socially appropriate. In Western Culture, we think it is cute and even encourage it. Meanwhile, the baby is learning how to imitate and manipulate his or her mouth thereby learning the beginning of...
by Team TUNG Brush | Mar 11, 2013 | Tongue Facts, TUNG Brush
Did you know that the tongue has played an important role in the recent history of music? It has become the signature trademark for at least two famous rock bands! Over half a century ago, the Rolling Stones debuted in part of what was to become the “British...
by Team TUNG Brush | Feb 28, 2013 | Tongue Facts, TUNG Brush
Here are some fun facts that will help you appreciate and make you want to take good care of your amazing tongue. 1. One taste bud has 50-100 taste cells, and the average person has 10,000 taste buds, of which 2,000 live under the tongue, inside the cheeks, on...
by Team TUNG Brush | Feb 12, 2013 | Bad Breath, Halitosis, TUNG Brush
Although most of us think of the tongue as that bumpy protrusion in our mouths that tastes, that gets burned by hot coffee or that is used by children to “razz” their friends, the word itself is used in many proverbs or colloquial phrases! In many languages, the...
