[extropy-chat] Immortal Teeth

[Olga Bourlin]

From: kevinfreels.com 
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Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:25 AM

It reminded me of an article I read about a possible vaccine being developed that will prevent tooth decay altogether.

http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/01026.html

http://www.healthmantra.com/ypb/jan2002/caries.htm

Interesting.  My two adult children (in their 30s now) have *never* had one cavity and have "model" straight teeth.  However, life has a way of delivering blows to those teeth, nevertheless.  My daughter chipped one of her teeth on a *coffee* cup not long ago, and my son suffered a bigger chip (when he was "horsing around") to one of his front teeth when he was seven. 

I recently read how *smoking* can really damage gums around the teeth - and I've never heard of this aspect until recently (having heard about teeth getting stained as a result of smoking, yes).  Gum damage in smokers is much more serious, and can lead to serious loss of teeth.

Olga
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