The Ad Council recently released an interesting study showing that, in general, kids brush their teeth far less than they ought to. This study indicates that only 44 percent of American kids brush their teeth two or more times per day, leaving 66 percent of our country’s young population vulnerable to tooth decay. But they aren’t the only ones. Many adults also fail to care for their teeth as well as they should.

This is a very serious problem especially when you consider that the bacteria that is produced in an unhealthy mouth is associated with all sorts of health disasters such as heart disease, diabetes problems and even obesity. Even if your family’s health isn’t impacted, it can become costly in terms of time lost fixing even minor cavities. According to an Ad Council press release, “oral disease causes kids to miss 51 million school hours and their parents to lose 25 million work hours annually