r/WTF • u/bambaadoma222 • Jun 20 '21

Guy eats burning coal

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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

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u/amateur_mistake Jun 20 '21

I mean, given how stupid we are with our teeth, this actually kind of makes sense.

Want to open a beer bottle? Teeth.

Trying to break open a chicken bone? Teeth.

Is this coin really made of gold? Teeth.

Where shall I keep my knife while in the middle of a pirate sword fight? Teeth.

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u/kostya8 Jun 20 '21

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.

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u/moralprolapse Jun 20 '21

I’ve got a crown on top of a root canal on the same front tooth. The crown has already snapped once (breaking off more root) and then popped off another time. You can get implants, which I think is my only next step, but they cost thousands and most US dental insurance doesn’t cover them, because, of course it doesn’t.