The 'What the fuck!' thread - Page 659

infinite monkey · 01-13-2012, 09:18 AM

I read that as "smell like small feet."

I wondered how you knew that.

Clodfobble · 01-13-2012, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

fascinating. Makes you wonder what the adult teeth look like as they are forming in the jaw. Do they grow, or do they start out at the full size but go from being indistinct to being really distinctive, like a Star Trek transporter person materializing.

I guess your kids' dentist didn't do regular x-rays and show them to you... The ones in my son's mouth started out invisible, then the next time we saw them they were high up, indistinct, and maybe 3/4 size, now they are lower, full-size, and more distinct, but not yet as opaque as his emerged teeth.

Except the two that are missing. His next x-ray in May will show whether those two teeth were just delayed behind the others, or if they're not going to form at all. The dentist said it happens in about 5% of the population, and his jaw doesn't seem to have any natural crowding, so we'll probably want to get a bridge put in or else his other teeth will spread out and he'll have a gap between every tooth.

HungLikeJesus · 01-13-2012, 10:11 AM

Aren't you worried that all those X-rays will fry his brain?

glatt · 01-13-2012, 10:15 AM

That's cool. I never went to the dentist with them. It was always my wife.

The body is so fascinating. How do the bone cells in that spot in the jaw know to turn into teeth cells? I know it's all encoded in the DNA and stem cells and such, but that doesn't mean my brain can grasp it.

glatt · 01-13-2012, 10:17 AM

Oh and the frying the brain things was something I always wondered about too. But it turns out since dentists have gone with digital sensors in xrays instead of film, they can use much lower powered xrays than they used to. The sensors are that much more sensitive. So the dental xrays are safer than ever.

infinite monkey · 01-13-2012, 10:19 AM

That's what my front tooth looked like in second grade when I fell on the playground and knocked my permanent tooth up into my skull.

footfootfoot · 01-13-2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

The body is so fascinating. How do the bone cells in that spot in the jaw know to turn into teeth cells?

It's very complicated and scientific and has something to do with the baby jesus, so don't worry about it. You wouldn't understand it.

GunMaster357 · 01-13-2012, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

fascinating. Makes you wonder what the adult teeth look like as they are forming in the jaw. Do they grow, or do they start out at the full size but go from being indistinct to being really distinctive, like a Star Trek transporter person materializing.

They have to grow inside the jaws. As far as I know, the only adult size organs a baby is born with are his eyes.

Clodfobble · 01-13-2012, 03:54 PM

Hang on, what? A baby's eyes grow plenty. Not as impressive a growth compared to how much everything else is going to grow, but they definitely do get bigger.

footfootfoot · 01-13-2012, 07:28 PM

Myth buster. What are you gonna tell us next, there's no Easter Bunny?

infinite monkey · 01-13-2012, 07:35 PM

pffft. Three words. Infant boy's balls.

They're insane! (Yeah, I know they get normal and grow with the kid but right when they're born? It's nuts!)

monster · 01-13-2012, 07:42 PM

So....the adult teeth keep growing untl they break the surface. they're full size then. They get some of their "nutrition" by pushing on the roots of the teeth they will replace and absorbing them. that's why baby teeth have no roots when they come out. If the adult teeth are improperly aligned and not directly above the baby teeth, they can end up smaller than average, and the baby teeth with most likely have to be pulled because they do not lose their roots and stay firmly put.

Also, this is why dentsist like to remove impacted wisdom teeth that are apparently doing no harm except for being a bit sideways -if they start to touch the root of the molar in front of it, they will start to absorb and weaken it.

At least this is my understanding of what I've learned from our various dentists and orthodondists over the past 10 years or so......

Mayor of Shekou · 01-14-2012, 07:33 AM

this really made me say wtf? why!?

http://bitsandpieces.us/wp-content/u...-doubtfire.jpg

glatt · 01-14-2012, 07:37 AM

Thanks for that explanation monster.

Shekou, you're not a huge Mrs. Doubtfire fan, are you?

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01-13-2012, 10:11 AM	#9873
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01-13-2012, 03:54 PM	#9879
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01-13-2012, 07:28 PM	#9880
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01-13-2012, 07:42 PM	#9882
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	So....the adult teeth keep growing untl they break the surface. they're full size then. They get some of their "nutrition" by pushing on the roots of the teeth they will replace and absorbing them. that's why baby teeth have no roots when they come out. If the adult teeth are improperly aligned and not directly above the baby teeth, they can end up smaller than average, and the baby teeth with most likely have to be pulled because they do not lose their roots and stay firmly put. Also, this is why dentsist like to remove impacted wisdom teeth that are apparently doing no harm except for being a bit sideways -if they start to touch the root of the molar in front of it, they will start to absorb and weaken it. At least this is my understanding of what I've learned from our various dentists and orthodondists over the past 10 years or so...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-14-2012, 08:00 AM	#9885
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01-13-2012, 09:18 AM	#9871
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I read that as "smell like small feet." I wondered how you knew that.

01-13-2012, 10:15 AM	#9874
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's cool. I never went to the dentist with them. It was always my wife. The body is so fascinating. How do the bone cells in that spot in the jaw know to turn into teeth cells? I know it's all encoded in the DNA and stem cells and such, but that doesn't mean my brain can grasp it.

01-13-2012, 10:17 AM	#9875
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Oh and the frying the brain things was something I always wondered about too. But it turns out since dentists have gone with digital sensors in xrays instead of film, they can use much lower powered xrays than they used to. The sensors are that much more sensitive. So the dental xrays are safer than ever.

01-13-2012, 10:19 AM	#9876
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	That's what my front tooth looked like in second grade when I fell on the playground and knocked my permanent tooth up into my skull.

01-13-2012, 07:35 PM	#9881
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	pffft. Three words. Infant boy's balls. They're insane! (Yeah, I know they get normal and grow with the kid but right when they're born? It's nuts!)

01-14-2012, 07:33 AM	#9883
Mayor of Shekou You can't misbehave when you stick out in a crowd Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Shekou, Shenzhen - Southern China Posts: 110	this really made me say wtf? why!? http://bitsandpieces.us/wp-content/u...-doubtfire.jpg

01-14-2012, 07:37 AM	#9884
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Thanks for that explanation monster. Shekou, you're not a huge Mrs. Doubtfire fan, are you?

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