Dental Hygiene Quiz

How Much Do You Know About Plaque and Other Dental Hygiene Issues?
Answer the following 10 questions in our Tooth or False quiz and find out how much you know about dental hygiene and what it takes to keep your healthy, beautiful smile.
  1. Plaque can contribute to bad breath.

    True False

  2. Eating foods that are white causes more plaque than eating other color foods.

    True False

  3. Plaque is unsightly but not a cause of major dental hygiene concern.

    True False

  4. Plaque that isn't removed by regular brushing and flossing may harden into tartar.

    True False

  5. It is dangerous to swallow plaque.

    True False

  6. Only a dentist or hygienist can remove tartar.

    True False

  7. Controlling plaque requires a half hour of brushing and flossing every day.

    True False

  8. To help control plaque and tartar buildup, you should visit your dentist once a year.

    True False

  9. Plaque is made of bits of dried saliva.

    True False

  10. There is no way to combat plaque buildup.

    True False


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