105 Dental Quotes

Following is our list of dental quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about dental floss.

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Famous Dental Quotes

The best dentistry is no dentistry at all. —

Some tortures are physical And some are mental, But the one that is both Is dental. — Ogden Nash

Just like cosmetic surgery, teeth whitening is a personal choice. Your dentist shouldn't be the one to bring it up—it should be YOU who brings it up and drives the treatment. — Mark Burhenne

Breathing is perhaps the most important aspect for functional dentistry. — Mark Burhenne

Millions of Americans, adults and children, lack access to dental care. — Michael K. Simpson

To the person with a toothache, even if the world is tottering, there is nothing more important than a visit to a dentist. — George Bernard Shaw

Never open your mouth,unless you're in the dentist chair — Sammy Gravano

You can't blame a dentist for looking down at the mouth. — Albanian Proverbs

Functional dentistry is less tooth carpentry and more oral systemic connection. — Mark Burhenne

I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie. - Rodney Dangerfield

I told my dentist my teeth are going yellow. he told me to wear a brown tie. — Rodney Dangerfield

I went to the dentist. He said "Say Aaah." I said "Why?" He said "My dog's died." — Tommy Cooper

A gynecologist is the dentist for the downstairs mouth. — Daniel Tosh

Poor oral health, specifically gum disease and tooth loss, correlates with rapid brain decay in the memory-associated hippocampus. — Rhonda Patrick

If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas. — Mason Cooley

An aching tooth is better out than in. To lose a rotting member is a gain. — Richard Baxter

Short Dental Quotes

  • Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth. — Bill Vaughan
  • I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner? — Frank Zappa
  • Hockey players wear numbers because you can't always identify the body with dental records. — Bob Plager
  • My wife is such a bad cook, if we leave dental floss in the kitchen the roaches hang themselves. — Rodney Dangerfield
  • A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last. — Helen Rowland
  • If we take care of our mental health like our dental health; we'll be ok. — Howie Mandel
  • Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething. — Mark Twain
  • A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. — George D. Prentice
  • Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond. — Miguel de Cervantes
  • Most every dental school has discount dental services. — Matthew Lesko

Dental Image Quotes

Dental Work Quotes

For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories. — Kim Campbell

I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe. — Morgan Freeman

I got some real rough dental work done not long ago, and my mouth's still numb right here [points to the left side of his chin]. So it kind of messes with my speech a little bit, so don't y'all think that I took too many cos I haven't. — Roy Jones Jr.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get. — George D. Prentice

I've been giving free money seminars for the troops at Walter Reed Hospital and one of the Iraqi War Vets realized that the military wouldn't pay for the dental work he needed. — Matthew Lesko

I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate. — Graham Greene

My health plan doesn't cover dental, so I enrolled my teeth as 32 dependents, each needing a complete physical once a year. — Robert Breault

We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us. — Lisa Lutz

But the most valuable lesson he taught me was this: Every day we get older, and some of us get wiser, but there's no end to our evolution. We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us. — Lisa Lutz

Moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon. — Frank Zappa

Dental Floss Quotes

Of course I'm funky like fat people having intercourse. Basically, the funk is stuck in your teeth...so get the dental floss. — Redman

Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss. — Matt Chandler

Would I rather be dental floss or a toothbrush? is that a question? Um, I would actually rather be floss, I think, if I was using me. Because I don't really floss enough. — Rachel McAdams

No wonder he has such nice teeth. They probably pay him in dental floss. — Janette Rallison

YOU COULD LOCK the Gasman in a padded cell with some dental floss and a bowl of Jell-O, and he'd find a way to make something to explode. — James Patterson

Dentist Quotes

I consider mouthwash to be one of the top mistakes made by both dentists and their patients. —

Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but up in the Mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there He makes men. — Daniel Webster

Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time accessing a dentist than other groups of Americans. — Bernie Sanders

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill. — Johnny Carson

Photographers, along with dentists, are the two professions never satisfied with what they do. Every dentist would like to be a doctor and inside every photographer is a painter trying to get out. — Pablo Picasso

There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothache. — Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer

Bluntly put, there's no chance that your doctor, dentist, or attorney is a high-school dropout. Your stockbroker, however, just might be. — William J. Bernstein

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair. — Augusten Burroughs

I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a dentist, but you never know what life will bring you. — Sofia Vergara

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. — John Maynard Keynes

Dent Quotes

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. — George W. Bush

So long, and thanks for all the fish. — Douglas Adams

How many roads must a man walk down? — Douglas Adams

If someday, in a morning, you see you, in a mirror or the dent of a spoon, and wonder Where is my soul and Where has it gone, remember this: Catch the gaze of a woman on the metro, subway, tram. Look at a man. Seek and you will find you in the silvered space, a flash between souls. — Naomi Shihab Nye

We're here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why even be here? We're creating a completely new consciousness, like an artist or a poet. That’s how you have to think of this. We're rewriting the history of human thought with what we're doing. — Steve Jobs

Let's make a dent in the universe — Steve Jobs

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of. — Douglas Adams

I received a shot and broke my tooth. Unfortunately, we Italians only eat pasta al dente. — Roberto Baggio

Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it. — Douglas Adams

As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking. — Thomas Sowell

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More Dental Quotes

Some cultures ate nothing but meat, while others were mostly vegetarian. Some relied primarily on homemade cheese; others consumed no dairy at all. Their teeth were almost always perfect; their mouths were exceptionally wide, nasal apertures broad. They suffered few, if any, cavities and little dental disease. — James Nestor

The oral microbiome is the key to understanding how to prevent & treat dental diseases in the future. Ignoring it could be as detrimental to dentistry as antibiotic resistance is to healthcare! — Mark Burhenne

My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon's appointments. — Steven Wright

When we talk about the healthcare crisis in America we've got to also be talking about the dental crisis and how to address it. — Bernie Sanders

I embarked on a risky course of plastic surgery and silicone injections, major dental realignments and gruesome medical procedures. I pray that young dancers, those who imitate me at their peril, will avoid this blind alley. It is more than a dead end; it is a dead beginning. — Gelsey Kirkland

I'm always amazed to hear of air crash victims so badly mutilated that they have to be identified by their dental records. What I can't understand is, if they don't know who you are, how do they know who your dentist is? — Paul Merton

I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities. — Mark Spitz

Look, if you have somebody who doesn't have health insurance, who doesn't have a doctor or dentist, and in order to deal with their cold or flu or dental problem, they go to an emergency room - in general, that visit will cost ten times more than walking into a community health center. — Bernie Sanders

Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists. — Ann Landers

Around 1998, I went through lots of pressures and struggles. My children got married within eight months of each other, my son was diagnosed with cancer and went through major surgery and radiation, my mother had five life-threatening hospitalizations where I stayed with her, my husband's dental office burned to the ground. — Anne Graham Lotz

Bad dental hygiene can lead to respiratory infections and an increased risk for heart disease and strokes. — Mallory Ortberg

No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot — Agatha Christie

My mom gave me one of those cloth calendars for the kitchen. It took me three hours to sew in a dental appointment. — Emo Philips

How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams? — Dan Burton

In the studio we use a pretty wide range of materials for the sculptures; silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, ABS plastic, dental acrylic, traditional and high-tech plasters, stainless steel, automotive paint, plywood, Britannia metal, found objects and taxidermy animals. — Patricia Piccinini

Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you can be a typist and a mom; that you can be a Vice President and a mom. One of the two things will win. Now look at your Bible and ask what you have to do. — Alistair Begg

A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime. — Chris Christie

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become. — Julia Roberts

Real anatomy exists in three dimensions, so any time you can view anatomical data in 3D, you'll have a much more accurate picture of the subject, ... Even multiple two-dimensional CT slices can never allow you to understand a subject's dental condition as quickly or as accurately as a quality 3D visualization. — Paul Brown

On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film: Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined head like a sparrow looking for a place to deposit its droppings. — Robert Brustein

Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket. — Ambrose Bierce

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State) — Jim Valvano

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