I’ve seen news that humans could grow new teeth within some five years or something. That’s impressive, if true! Even if super expensive, this technology would join masses pretty quickly, so theoretically, would be available within my lifetime.
That was this quote that made me smile:
Teeth has got to be one of the most disrespected and undervalued parts of your body. Your body’s other bones can heal but then it’s like “fuck your teeth, I’m not doing shit about them.” And then we got health insurance companies who have the gall to not consider teeth an important part of your body that should be covered, got to get it separately and the costs are fundamental.
I mean, you smile with these things and they are key responsible for how you digest food, by chewing on it before swallowing. You can’t just swallow whole pieces of food without risk of choking on them at somepoint.
You can pretty much die from bad teeth, like rot and cavities. It is just a matter of when.
Surely, the most expensive bones in the body!
A tooth infection can easily spread to your brain and kill you. It’s a very short path.
But even if your teeth are just regular bad, that affects how you can eat, and eating is kind of important to living.
Eating is very important indeed!
Research has also shown a link between dental bacteria and heart disease. Not sure if it’s causation or correlation, but keeping your dental microbiome healthy seems to have benefits throughout the body.
And:
Doesn’t need to spread to your brain, just cause sepsis lowering your blood pressure to dangerous levels, or to a major organ and kill you that way.
And:
The best description for teeth in the context of insurance that I’ve ever heard was “luxury bones.”
Haha, I like it! Luxury bones they are!