As always, prevention is more important than treatment. Teeth problems can cause problems with mouth (lips), mandible and even facial structures. Braces can fix teeth if done properly, but it can hardly fix these secondary issues, especially for adults.
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#182As a slight aside from the premise of the article, I was reminded of a story my friend once told me. He is a policeman, and works with the Water Police department in our town. One day, they got a call from some dirt bikers who were riding in the mangroves beaches across the bay that they had found two skeletons partially buried in the mud. As per standard procedures, a police patrol was dispatched to investigate (whi…
This is totally anecdotal, but we have a family friend who is an undertaker in a small town. He claims bodies today rot at a slower rate then when he started in the 50's. His theory is that its the preservatives in food.
The changes in sensing time while growing old are said to work in the other direction, so he might be on to something. :)
Also, the moisture level in the soil might have changed.
Or the funeral homes got better at selling varnished coffins instead of pine boxes.
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
My impression of many incels is that their looks are not their problem.
It's not like their opinions are written on their foreheads. Hit on a woman on tinder she won't know. Hit on a woman in a bar she won't know. Clearly the rejection is for simply being unattractive.
Visible attractiveness just gets you past the first gate. Some guys fail spectacularly at anything beyond that. Will fall on their face when chatting.
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#184Misaligned teeth are not the worst problem IMHO. The fact teeth of most of the humans decay in less than a lifetime and this is considered normal feels much more weird to me.
The average human lifetime has more than doubled in the past few hundred years.
But average is a useless statistic since many people who survived childhood lived to a similar age as today.
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#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't actually read his comment as dismissive or confident, but more surprised and curious. There's nothing wrong with questioning other people's statements when they don't marry up with your own opinions.
Indeed. It was more intellectual curiosity.
You called the story bullshit in another comment, that’s not what most people say when they are intellectually curious.
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#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is totally anecdotal, but we have a family friend who is an undertaker in a small town. He claims bodies today rot at a slower rate then when he started in the 50's. His theory is that its the preservatives in food.
The changes in sensing time while growing old are said to work in the other direction, so he might be on to something. :) Also, the moisture level in the soil might have changed. Or the funeral homes got better at selling varnished coffins instead of pine boxes.
And at selling embalming as a standard and expected part of the process. For the UK at least:
- Varnished coffins are usually very thin veneer on top of mainly particle board - the glue is as problematic as any varnish, and add pollution to cremation. US coffins are commonly steel(!) apparently. "Brass" fittings are usually plastic, and not removed before cremation as you might expect.
- Embalming is so much an expected part you're not asked, it's just done. You'd have to already know it's not required and you may ask for no embalming. In former years it was common to have the coffin at home for a few days - with no embalming. Not that long ago either.
- Mind boggling amounts of formaldehyde (and other chemicals) are used by the funeral industry.
Source: Going too far down this rabbit hole and ultimately choosing a natural green funeral for me.
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#187Interesting. I was born without "Wisdom teeth", which my Dentist claims is widely accepted as human evolution. (apparently the number of people born without them is growing) But I also have a bad, and getting worse "popping jaw" issue. where my jaw pops (loud enough to make my ear ring for a while after) or locks up when under too much pressure or opened too wide. Her advice is to eat soft food.... which seems to go…
> apparently the number of people born without them is growing
I don't see what the selective pressure for this would be, since people with wisdom teeth just have surgery to remove them, so there's no real difference in terms of reproductive fitness right?
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would they be popular with incels?
Incels generally hate women and the progress made in Western society. Part of holding women in subjugation is painting them as superficial, and one good way to do that is to convince everyone that male attractiveness is based on a very specific facial feature as if a single dimension of the face can make up for more serious personality flaws.
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
One of the most common instances of generalized experts weighing in on topics they're not actually experts in happens in politically-related posts here, although it usually only comes in the form of downvotes. You can cite science and demographic facts while leaving out your own overt normative opinions, yet you will still get downvoted from both 'sides' who think they are being slighted if you don't give a clear opi…
Try saying anything with a hard truth at its core that goes against what people want to believe. And instead of engaging with discussion and rebuttal, they do so with -1s and rate-limiting. 1. Cognitive impairment is likely already happening in office rooms 2. Rich people "donating" to semi-non-profit orgs and universities are doing so for non-altruistic reasons. 3. When you use a free service, you are paying primari…
> There's something else going on with meditation and mind, that we can't adequately explain with science at this moment.
I was with your list of truths until this.
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
A person I know got their whole mouth replaced with cubic zirconia implants in his 30s and is pretty happy about it. He just said that he screwed up his teeth very badly in his 20s somehow. I didn't ask.
I feel like I'd love to have that, but I run into the same reasoning against laser eye surgery: My work benefits cover full dental and my contacts, but I would have to pay substantial out-of-pocket for those procedures, even if they could save the benefits plan money over time.
In practice, dental implants are more work to maintain being much more difficult to properly floss. This leads to bone absorption and receding gums.