stackyFACTSYou rely on a protective layer that is literally the width of a coin. Tooth enamel is at most about 2.5 millimeters thick, meaning you are constantly grinding down an incredibly fragile, irreplaceable barrier every time you vigorously chew ice.
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You are only ever looking at the tip of the iceberg. The crown is the heavily armored, functional cap sitting above the gumline, while massive, complicated…
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Baby teeth exist almost entirely to serve as biological placeholders. They drop into the jaw to ensure the surrounding structures do not wildly collapse…
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Your enamel is the only skeletal part you have to actively polish with minty paste twice a day to prevent it from painfully rotting out of your skull.
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Your healthy instinct to scrub your mouth after downing a sugary soda is actually a massive act of dental sabotage. The phosphoric and citric acids in soft…
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We possess the bite resilience of an apex marine predator, but we ruin it by drinking sugary sodas. The enamel coating human teeth contains the exact same…
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Premolars are the ultimate biological compromise. Sitting exactly between your tearing fangs and your crushing grinders, they feature a bizarre hybrid shape…
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