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Why Are Human Teeth So Messed Up? (2017)

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Re: Why Are Human Teeth So Messed Up? (2017)

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Post by Fjolsvith »

NeedMoreTea wrote: post #186
wumms wrote: post #182

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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 expec…

Viking funeral pyre for me.

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Post by fatnoah »

cm2012 wrote: post #136
madaxe_again wrote: post #64

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I’m a freakishly lucky bastard, to date. Also, a freak. I have a fairly gracile jaw for a guy. A bit of a chinless wonder. I have 28 teeth. Always have, since my adult teeth came through - but I do have wisdom teeth. What I don’t have are any M1 molars. They’re just not there. Seems my maternal grandfather and my sister are the same. I’m 35, with so-so at best oral hygiene. Never had a cavity, never had a filling, ne…

Genetics play an enormous part in dental hygiene. Some people in my father in laws side never had a cavity in their entire lives - even 85 y/o grandpa (also my 28 year old wife).

I'm 42, and in the no cavity boat. I was always a daily brusher before bed, but that was it. In my early 20's, I took 5 years off from the dentist and when I finally got an appointment, I had a small amount of tartar build up, and that was it.

I've had the same dentist for almost 15 years now and his comment to me every time he looks at my teeth is: "Boring!".

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Post by tlavoie »

mcv wrote: post #209
Ntrails wrote: post #206

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Throw me off a boat out at sea, wrapped in canvas. I'm good.

Also appealing. The problem with it is that at some point, a canvas wrapped body is going to wash ashore somewhere and people will want to know where it came from. Victim of an accident? A murder? Edit: maybe weigh it down. That would work. And by "it" I mean yourself, I guess.

And please, skip the shoes. People have been wigged out for years around these parts, since shoes with the foot still inside have kept washing up on shore.

I think the consensus was that it was suicides or other drowning victims, not some nefarious plot, but people get twitchy.

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Post by johnchristopher »

_red wrote: post #144
cyberferret wrote: post #94

As 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.

This story is making round a lot. I usually file it in the urban legends folder.

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Post by forgotmypw3 »

SamReidHughes wrote: post #54
forgotmypw3 wrote: post #15

In addition to all the other arguments here (more chewing for bigger jaw development), I have another theory about tooth decay. I think that pre-civilization humans did not eat much sweets past adolescence. This is because, as soon as a minor cavity starts developing, it hurts like hell to put anything sweet in your mouth. Sweet stuff was for children and adolescents, then we just stopped eating it.

I never had pain putting sweet stuff in my mouth when I had cavities.

I think that many toothpastes make our teeth less sensitive. I think it is supposed to reduce pain, but it can backfire...

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Post by senectus1 »

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #203
senectus1 wrote: post #152

Interesting. 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…

I don’t know about you, but caffeine makes my jaw very tense and the popping bad. If I manage to get through the three day come-down of caffeine cessation the popping goes away and my jaw starts to relax. YMMV

huh. I'm not sure I'm ready to do that... :-(

Re: Why Are Human Teeth So Messed Up? (2017)

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

senectus1 wrote: post #236
TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #203

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I don’t know about you, but caffeine makes my jaw very tense and the popping bad. If I manage to get through the three day come-down of caffeine cessation the popping goes away and my jaw starts to relax. YMMV

huh. I'm not sure I'm ready to do that... :-(

Howdy! Just saw your reply.

Are you aware of HN Replies? Email alleys for HN comment responses.

http://www.hnreplies.com/

I got through the caffeine withdrawals last week. I haven’t had any caffeine since Monday last week.

Those first few days are unpleasant.

Re: Why Are Human Teeth So Messed Up? (2017)

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Post by Empact »

gotocake wrote: post #177
Empact wrote: post #80

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Exerting pressure on your palate with your tongue, which stimulates growth in the jaw and acts on the maxilla, shifting it forward and up over time.

Exerting pressure on your palate with your tongue, which stimulates growth in the jaw and acts on the maxilla, shifting it forward and up over time. I’d love to see some actual evidence of that, which isn’t in the form of online anecdotes and testimonials on sites dedicated to the concept, or weird-as-hell “incel” sites. Something peer reviewed, in a respected journal would be a stsrt, even if the results haven’t bee…

I'm working on writing up a personal case study, showing my own experience. Plan to publish that soon.

Of course, my experience isn't peer reviewed, but it could play a part in motivating such research. After all, if society is in denial, they will not bother studying it, will they?

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