Pop Culture Smiles
In Finding Nemo, this dentist's niece wears aggressive headgear and terrorizes the fish in the office tank.
Who is Darla?
Dentists recommend you brush your teeth for this total amount of time, twice a day.
What is 2 minutes?
Your tongue print is completely unique to you, just like your fingerprint
What is True?
This two-word rally cry and U of A slogan originated from student body president John "Button" Salmon in 1926.
What is "Bear Down"?
In The Hangover, this main character wakes up in Las Vegas to find one of his front teeth completely missing.
Who is Stu (played by Ed Helms)?
Humans only get two sets of teeth in a lifetime, but this ocean predator continuously loses and replaces thousands of teeth over its life
What is a shark?
This sweet, carbonated beverage was originally invented by a pharmacist in Atlanta in 1886
What is Coca-Cola?
Tucson is located in the Sonoran Desert, home to this giant, iconic cactus that grows unique "arms" after about 75 years
What is the Saguaro cactus?
This animated green ogre was voiced by Mike Myers and sports a short row of crooked, green-tinted teeth
Who is Shrek?
This hard outer layer protects your teeth and is the hardest substance in the human body
What is enamel
This common fruit is actually a member of the rose family, along with pears, peaches, and plums
What is an apple?
Constructed in 1887, this historic building located on the mall was the very first building built on the U of A campus.
What is Old Main?
Before becoming an action superstar in Top Gun, this actor had a famously misaligned smile with a single front tooth right in the middle of his face
Who is Tom Cruise?
Unlike bone, skin, or muscle, teeth are the only part of the human body that cannot do this, because enamel contains no living cells
What is repair/heal themselves? (Alternatively: What is regenerate?)
These marine animals hold hands while sleeping so they don't float away from each other in the ocean.
What are sea otters
Perched on Sentinel Peak west of campus, this massive 160-foot white letter was built by UA students out of basalt rock back in 1916.
What is "A" Mountain? (or the "A")