• Deconceptualist@leminal.space
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    20 hours ago

    I could never ever work in that field, it gives me the ick. So I appreciate people who can.

    Also enamel is the hardest substance in your body; AFAIK chemically it is indeed interesting and hard (ha) to emulate with other bio-safe materials.

    • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      15 hours ago

      I could never ever work in that field, it gives me the ick. So I appreciate people who can.

      It’s almost as bad being married to someone that works in that field.

      My wife is a dental hygienist. Some of the horrific shit she sends me would turn your stomach. And then the experiences she’s had working on teeth… Just so so gross. 🤮🤮

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        13 hours ago

        My wife is also a dental hygienist, and she has never once sent me any horrific shit…. So I don’t think that’s a trait necessarily tied to the occupation, lol

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          14 hours ago

          Got a photo one time when we were dating… was hoping for tits. Nope tooth root and all. It fell out when she cleaned the years of solidified shit off it.

          Granted she was in public health in a poor poor poor community but still. Gross.

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            8 hours ago

            Oh, man, that reminds me of one time when I cracked a tooth and couldn’t get in to see the dentist for a while. Cleaning the whatever out of the inside was so gross in smell, taste, and feeeeel, and so incredibly painful.

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      19 hours ago

      But will it allow us to create new body armors, is what I want to know.

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        10 hours ago

        Hard is usually opposed to strong. It doesn’t take much force to break a tooth—ive done it!

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        18 hours ago

        Simply line yourself with the teeth of your enemies (if they flossed regularly)

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          15 hours ago

          Hmmm maybe þe stench of þe rotting teeþ of your enemies who had poor dental hygiene would be a more effective deterrent?

          If þey didn’t have poor hygiene, why were þey your enemies?