Archive for July 2014
Tooth Battles of Nature: Venomous Snake Versus Tarantula
This clash is obviously about fangs, which, as explored in an earlier post, can be yours for the simple price of having someone file your teeth into points. In fact, it is about two species with venomous, hollow fangs. But whose are better, the extremely long, pointy, kind as exhibited by the cobra, or the…
Read MoreTooth Battles of Nature: Sabre-toothed Cat versus African Elephant
An icon of the giant teeth history books. The world’s largest, heaviest teeth. If you had to make an informed snap judgement probably based on something completely personal and arbitrary about who had the best teeth, who would win? Sabre-toothed Cat (Smilodon) Smilodon is best known for the two eleven inch canine teeth which are…
Read MoreBizarre Tooth Modification: Tooth Filing
When someone says to you “I think my teeth are dull”, your conditioned response is “you should have them whitened”. This is good advice only when the individual it is directed at is not commenting on the actual ability of his teeth to puncture and cut things. If one is worried about whether ones teeth…
Read MoreThree Desserts that Will Destroy Your Tooth Enamel
Here is a small list of foods that contain multiple agents responsible for tooth decay and enamel damage. If you love going to the dentist, or if you want to sabotage some poor smile model, these foods represent a perfect storm of cavity creation, ranging from obvious to less obvious and somewhat surprising: A bag…
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