• Rooster326@programming.dev
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    If you’re implying teeth are so durable. Why do they need yearly attention?

    My spleen has never once needed a cleaning, and it certainly does not need its own luxury insurance (that covers almost nothing).

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      Your spleen wouldn’t be very durable if it was being constantly being pressed against hard foods at around 30 psi multiple times a day for your entire life.

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        Not just mechanical stress, but sugars and carbohydrates in those foods feed the bacteria in the mouth, whose byproducts damage the enamel. Few people are blessed with teeth that withstand it, or mouth flora that is non-damaging, but there is no natural selection for that… Because we have dentistry, thankfully.