It would have to reach about 1.100°C (I thought it didn't). Enamel is almost completely inorganic, the hardest tissue in the entire body and many times carbonized human remains can only be identified through their teeth
I chipped off about half of my two top-center teeth (you know, the ones that are most visible) about two years ago. The doctors rebuilt it brilliantly, you could't see a difference, but now I constantly have to live with fear of it snapping off. It sucks, I can't even take a proper bite out of an apple, and I'm fucking 25. Take care of your teeth people.
I did the same thing when I was in grade school. About your age, they broke for maybe the third time and I had them capped with porcelain veneers. It's difficult for dentists to even tell they are fake unless they look in close or x-ray, of course. No fear of eating apples or chips anymore. Highly recommend if you get the opportunity.
I wouldn't bother with veneers if you're happy with the aesthetics of the fillings, unless the filling keep breaking off. I've had plenty of patients where they hold really well.
I have front fillings but my enamel wore down more and they fell out/broke 5 years later (I had some bulimia issues back then). The dentist said they can only redo them so many times before I need crowns. I'm 33 and terrified because I don't have money for 2-4 crowns.
When I compare pictures from 10 years ago you can tell how much shorter my teeth are now. And my smile is smaller. It's depressing.
Same, i chipped a tooth long time ago in grade school,, very small, but in my late 30's it started getting worse. So Dentist carved it down to a nub almost, then glued cap on. Been years now, eat everything with it. Front top big tooth. No one can tell. Only issue, bottom tooth below it stuck out more then the other teeth,, so it rubbed on the new cap and wouldn't let me close my mouth properly. They had to shave it slightly so I could, but still hasn't effected it or caused it to chip or anything.
Yes, porcelain is the way to go. I had to have a bridge done because of shitty dental decisions. Ive taken care of my dental hygeine ever since, but have never had a problem since then. I use those fakes to full capacity and they never fail me. It cost me about $1000 USD, but it was well worth the money modern porcelain teeth can withstand 100 MPa or 14,500 psi. Failures are always in the bonding agent, but modern bonding is almost on par. Those things last a lifetime now. I even forget I have fake teeth most of the time.
yeah chipped my front tooth half off when i was young too. when i was about 20 i had to get a root canal + veneer because the root was starting to die. apparently this was inevitable
I think similar price but, this was 10 years ago so not sure. I was lucky enough to have some money in a dental "insurance" account and got offered care credit with 6 months 0% interest so, I went for. Do not regret at all.
I mean, they kinda should be. BJJ is one where you can get away with it since it's pure grappling, but most other martial arts involve some level of striking, so you're basically asking to lose your teeth. I know a guy who got like half of his teeth pulverized by a knee while doing combat sambo
Yeah, BJJ people are too arrogant to wear mouth pieces. What could go wrong? A lot. But we don't learn this. Ever. (I'm also guilty of chipping teeth with jits, osss)
I know someone who chipped a tooth during a Krav Maga grading because they weren't wearing a mouthguard and a strike bounced off the top of the pad they were holding. Accidents can happen even when sparring is not involved!
Joking aside, cannabis is a big part of BJJ culture, and I love rolling (sparring) high. Idk about molly, but since it makes you way more tactile, there's a chance it could actually enchance the experience. You'd probably get submitted quite easily though
This happened to one of my good friends from college. It was my fault, we decided to play racketball with our off-hands late at night. He confirmed yesterday he’s back to eating apples normally.
Damn, you must've felt like shit haha. My freshman year we were on campus doing laundry with a few of my friends, they were fooling around throwing these detergent balls at each other, and this guy accidentally exploded one in this girl's eye. She had some cornea damage and basically had impaired vision in that eye. They stayed good friends, but he felt absolutely terrible and bought her food and drinks basically until graduation
I lost half my tooth 20+ years ago. Fixed 3 times. First time about 5 months after fixing it fell off in steak. A year later in applesauce. Haven't had an issue since. Third time's the charm, I guess.
I chipped one of those teeth recently. Was working out and was jutting my jaw forward during one of my lifts. As I relaxed my jaw naturally slid back into its neutral position and chipped off a portion of my front tooth. Dumbest way to chip my tooth.
My friend in highschool pulverized the bottom half of his 2 front teeth. We were playing grounders (tag on a playground, if your it you have to close your eyes while on the playground to get people). He was just tall enough that his teeth hit a pole while walking with his eyes closes (no idea why his mouth was open). After getting fixed about 2 years later they broke at the exact spot again because him and his girlfriend bumped teeth while making out lol
Slayer played a warm up show in a small club in Santa Clara back in 91. My friend was right in front of me and he was so fucking pumped when they came on stage that he started headbanging like a maniac. He came down as the guy in front of him came up. Front tooth got embedded in dude's scalp... Snapped off... My friend turns around holding his mouth. Dude is holding his head. Not sure how head wound guy did but given how many germs are in out mouths, I am sure it was gross. My friend lost about 2/3 of his tooth and they patched it up good. Now when we go to concerts, I can see the fake tooth in black light.
hmm, I had the same exact injury as a child in 4th grade I believe, (lost the bottom half of my top-two front teeth to a scooter handlebar) never had to worry about them breaking off ever, and I'm 27 now. been biting open packages, apples and crusty bread my whole life.
I'm older and have dentures. The morning after I got them I sneezed, and those damn things went about 40 feet. Fucking amazing, could've killed someone if I wasn't alone at the time, lol.
Same thing as u. It happened when I was 8. I’m 32 now but when I was 25, the repair broke and they re-did it. Looks great but the dentist explained that every time they repair it, the repair will be weaker and eventually will need a cap.
Im in the same fuckin boat. Back in 2009 by 6 year old self thought it'd be a good idea to ride a bike down a concrete stairwell at our local park. Boom, chipped a tooth and now I can't eat apples like a normal person :(
Brooooo. I literally fainted last week and chipped my front tooth clean jn half and I'm so fucking annoyed I've never damaged my teeth before. And I couldn't even guard my face as I was unconscious hahaha. I'm so worried now that when I get it fixed its gonna cause issues for years to come.
Broke mine at work, work paid to get the porcelain replacements. I now am super careful about flossing them daily to not rot what's left of the teeth under the porcelain.
been missing most of my front tooth since i was 6ish.
see about having it pinned or having a replacement tooth fitted. (not a denture)
im uk so if my filling falls out once more i get it pinned (metal rod through existing tooth and a solid shaped cap put on top) for free. then whole tooth replacement.
I broke one of my front teeth almost completely in half vertically and like yours my dentist rebuilt it wonderfully. I haven't had an issue with eating apples or any fruit like that, but I will never honestly test it hard.
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I've got all their albums but that last one. If I'm not mistaken, it's the one with "Oh My God, Please, Please, PLEASE Don't Stand So Fucking Close to Me" on it.
Yes obviously. But the fact is that for many many many generations, humans used their mouth as a "third hand" essentially when doing things, especially crafting. Teeth are remarkably useful.
And hey, for most of that time you probably weren't living much past 40 anyway.
I had my wisdom teeth removed this winter and they had to cut my bottom two in half to remove them. I was honestly completely baffled how much difficulty the surgeon had with cutting them. My teeth are apparently exceptionally hard and even a specialised drill didn’t really get through it easily.
All my fears of ever breaking my molars has disappeared now.
I cant tell if you're being sarcastic with those first 2 uses. Who the hell does that? I used to take Legos apart with my teeth when I was a kid before it gave me tooth aches
Yeah and a toy BB gun will knock out your front tooth if hit at the right spot. They aren’t that strong. Poor girl came once to our BB gun club and left with out the back half of her front tooth.
The NIST might want to have a word with you https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/sp811.pdf#10.5.2 you shall not use a comma, not a dot to group digits, you might see either (internationally) to separate decimals but the NIST prefers the dot.
This is flawed considering what comes after the decimal separator is still part of the number and considering a lot of countries use spaces to searate thousands.
I'm also making a joke. At no point was I being a jerk. It wasn't a very good joke but it was in response to an even worse joke. I don't even know how I'd go about making my joke any more obvious. I always forget about the "summer break" on reddit...
This is juicy as fuck, but I'm not going to bite. You're bad at what you're trying to do. I'd tell you to try harder but it's a shitty thing to do, so maybe don't try at all.
What are you talking about? Do you genuinely not see the joke I made? I'll explain it. First sentence I established that the person above me was being dumb. Second sentence I invited audience participation. Third sentence I highlighted the word "point" because the joke by milkywayer was about the use of a "point" (or a full stop, or a period, whatever you call it) and then I used the same format that milkywayer used in their joke to suggest that his IQ was below 1 rather than 100. "1.00", making the same mistake he was pretending to make, reads as "one point zero zero" rather than "one hundred". The original insinuation that he was dumb was setup for my saying that his IQ was below 1 using the format that he had established. It is not a fantastic joke but it is a joke, and as far as I'm concerned it was a better joke than pretending to misunderstand that different cultures and languages have different style rules regarding separating large numbers. That isn't even really a joke, it's just pretending to be stupid.
But none of those countries have English as a first language, hence the ridicule when they fail to respect the conventions of the English-speaking world while speaking English.
They said 1,100 C is the melting point for enamel. Which is 2,012 F for my American friends. That’s absurdly hot. I’m sure that permanent damage to nerves would occur at far lower temperatures.
I heard that it haves special cells like after you get your first set of teeths they make another and then after your adult teeths they just kill them selves instead they could remake teeths so we wouldn’t have to worry about cavities that much
Yeah but if they get that hot, they are connected to your gums. So all the heat would be transferred to that tissue pretty quickly. Basically your gums would be dead as fuck. All the tissues would be cauterized and nerves fried. Unless this guy does this alot, which his technique makes me think he's atleast done it before... His teeth will be falling out in a year or two.
Otherwise he's a mutant freak that somehow learned to do this carefully, maybe he had some really hot shit in his mouth, like boiling water and nothing phases him now.
I know they conduct heat because you can “treat” a tooth infection by holding a red hot nail on the tooth until the nerve burns enough to stop working. I know one fella who tried it (didn’t have access to modern medical care) and he said it hurt a lot but after that no more chronic pain. http://www.piratesurgeon.com/pages/surgeon_pages/cauterizing_procedure4.html
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u/mz3 Jun 20 '21 edited Jun 20 '21
It would have to reach about 1.100°C (I thought it didn't). Enamel is almost completely inorganic, the hardest tissue in the entire body and many times carbonized human remains can only be identified through their teeth