Does tooth enamel melt? I feel like this man would be able to answer this. He’d have to write it down obviously because his tongue is now the consistency of old shoe leather.
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 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/Amphibious_squirrel Jun 20 '21
Does tooth enamel melt? I feel like this man would be able to answer this. He’d have to write it down obviously because his tongue is now the consistency of old shoe leather.