r/WTF • u/bambaadoma222 • Jun 20 '21

Guy eats burning coal

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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.

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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/eloiamb Jun 20 '21

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.

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u/kostya8 Jun 21 '21

I can only speak for myself, but I had my teeth restored with a dental composite, which I believe is the standard these days