Re: Am I the rule or the exception?
- From: "Dee Randall" <deedovey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:23:30 -0500
What about people who have osteoporosis -- their teeth are just as hard, but
porous?
Dee
"Amatus Cremona" <Nicola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
>> I still wonder how much of this is genetically soft or bad teeth and
>> how much was just not caring for them. I suspect a bit of both, but
>> don't really know.
>>
>
> With the exception of a couple of VERY rare genetic disorders, all teeth
> have the same hardness, period. There are differences in how well the
> grooves fuse in the center of molars, and differences in saliva, the
> ability to buffer acids, clear sugars, and immune systems. Add in habits
> and oral hygiene for a complete picture. It cannot be blamed on "soft"
> teeth as they do not exist (except for enamogenisis impefecta and
> dentinogenis imperfecta) [sp?]
>
> --
> /
>
> Amatus
>
> /
> "JimSocal" <jimsocal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:46:27 GMT, Mark & Steven Bornfeld
>> <bornfeldmung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Joel M. Eichen wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:43:16 GMT, "James E." <wer25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>
>>>> Actually you have more than many your age. If you are over 65 in
>>>> pennsylvania 2/3 have zero teeth!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Seriously?
>>>
>>>Steve
>> I would not be surprised if this is true. Looking at my mom, her
>> sisters and brothers, and my dad and his sisters and brothers, 90% of
>> them had complete sets of false teeth before they were 50. Some before
>> they were 40. So I guess it shouldn't surprise me that my parents let
>> some quack dentist pull 9 or so of my teeth at the age of 16, and
>> never did anything about the missing teeth. And why I never did
>> anything about it either; to me, it was just normal not to have all
>> your teeth, and I always figured I would just get false teeth when I
>> was older. It seemed "normal".
>>
>> I still wonder how much of this is genetically soft or bad teeth and
>> how much was just not caring for them. I suspect a bit of both, but
>> don't really know.
>>
>>
>
>
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