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littlebluefoxy t1_iufgbch wrote
I have, in fact, clenched so hard while sleeping that I have broken teeth. Sometimes brains are dumb.
soulsista04us OP t1_iufis5h wrote
Awww. I'm sorry about that. I hope the dental bill wasn't too bad.
Depthsinger t1_iufjdep wrote
Me: (tries)
Me: fk, I accidentally pushed my loose tooth back in
soulsista04us OP t1_iufjfpz wrote
Accidentally?
Far-Two8659 t1_iufkpm6 wrote
Probably not "shatter" but definitely do damage. I have to wear a mouth guard because I was crushing my own teeth when I was stressed just by clenching my jaw. Now they have dimples in them.
soulsista04us OP t1_iufl5hf wrote
When it comes to teeth damage, what's the difference between crush and shatter?
Far-Two8659 t1_iufltnq wrote
I think of shattering like glass - the whole thing basically explodes in a moment. Crushing is slow.
Swiss_James t1_iufm460 wrote
No thanks
Direct_Swimmer t1_iufmvpo wrote
Yes they definitely are. After getting dental seal i was still under anaesthetic and got told to clench my teeth. One broke
soulsista04us OP t1_iufnd4z wrote
I've had that happen as well. Don't tell me to bite down when you're not ready!! Lol
Depthsinger t1_iufs32q wrote
I uhh had a loose tooth, then i kind a just tried to see if the post was true... ploop and the tooth is back into its original place, now it hurts and I cant get it to be loose again
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GoodbyeCoolWorld37 t1_iufwg9j wrote
I'm am chewing the fuck outta tinfoil right now, and my teeth are shatter free.
Myth busted.
soulsista04us OP t1_iug4n6v wrote
There was that guy that had to cut off his arm in a hiking incident. They did the movie 127 Hours about him
nyx__born t1_iugdn0h wrote
I highly doubt that. A carrot is plant matter, whereas a finger has sinew and bone that you'd have to get through and thats nowhere near as easy as a carrot
sicname321 t1_iugjnih wrote
feed_my_face t1_iugm3qw wrote
Why are you chewing foil?
slash-summon-onion t1_iugmnei wrote
that was necessary
ChaosRegency t1_iugrlj2 wrote
Loop a string around the tooth and tie the end of the string to a door handle. Stand at an arms distance from the open door and slam the door shut as hard as you can. MAGICK!!!
David_W_ t1_iugww80 wrote
Another member of the club checking in. I have a gold crown on #18 courtesy of cracking it right down the middle, presumably overnight. Also the only tooth I've had to have a root canal on... twice.
IllmanneredFlanders t1_iugzjrt wrote
There’s another interesting fact that certain dialects create stronger or weaker jaw muscles depending on the language itself and how many vowels they use
gooftroooop t1_iugzz3p wrote
The muscles in your moms jaw are strong enough to sonk my donk
GoodbyeCoolWorld37 t1_iuh1crt wrote
Uuuuuh, for science
Critical_Bison7390 t1_iuh1m9w wrote
I did some quick searches and didn't found anything scientific bout this though I found a reddit post asking same question and comments refuting the claim
Critical_Bison7390 t1_iuh23t0 wrote
Yes using the berserk Armour
BrothrsSistersofKind t1_iuh240g wrote
Same with certain blow job techniques, and abuse of certain stimulants.
corodius t1_iuh9n1d wrote
Incase you were serious - please don't, this is such a bad idea
Scuka1 t1_iuhab7p wrote
Carrot? Not really.
Chicken wing would be a better comparison.
Scuka1 t1_iuhagqm wrote
I'm not sure about those percentages, but most people definitely don't utilize their muscles fully.
It's a well known fact that rookie weightlifter can get like 50% stronger in his first couple of weeks of lifting simply due to his brain learning how to put the muscles to good use.
Khaylain t1_iuhaiji wrote
People have probably come close to using 100% of their potential when adrenaline was coursing through their veins and they absolutely needed to go to the limit to save someone. There was a man who lifted a helicopter so they could pull a crushed person out from under it.
CoMMoN_EnEmY01 t1_iuhcpdl wrote
Dental also isn’t universal in Canada unfortunately, though I think we are actually currently in the early process of making it that way
schwarzmalerin t1_iuhebbm wrote
Or the guy running from a dog jumping over a fence like an Olympic athlete. It's a powerful drug.
boxsterrox t1_iuhezak wrote
Says the person who isn’t the dentist viewing cracked teeth every day.
boxsterrox t1_iuhf397 wrote
Cracked lower second molars are ubiquitous. This scenario helped me put my daughters through college fixing them.
carvedmuss8 t1_iuhh41y wrote
Yeah those percentages would never be backed up by any sources, total malarkey
shrimp_dik1 t1_iuhhio2 wrote
isaacangelo03 t1_iuhic67 wrote
That's why they used to make you bite down on a belt or wood during surgery
MeerkatMan22 t1_iuhixl2 wrote
That doesn’t actually work the same way. You could definitely bite through a chicken bone if you tried hard enough, but that’s not the same as trying to bite through your finger, which you also can do
simojako t1_iuhja0i wrote
How does this still come up? It's so far from the truth. If your finger bones were only as strong as a carrot you would break them every time you bumped into something, and small children would chew their fingers off.
spikeballbaby t1_iuhjqrf wrote
Ditto… one $4000 bill later…. 😭😭😭
UltimateSpice t1_iuhk3bm wrote
I literally have a medical problem where my jaw spasms and clenches, my teeth have chipped so many times I can't even count, my left canine is barely a canine anymore.
PsychoEngineer t1_iuhlv04 wrote
Until your brain doesn’t… my mother has broken several teeth from clenching at night, even with a night brace.
Swiss_James t1_iuhn9q6 wrote
Can’t explain that!
SixMint t1_iuhnhr4 wrote
Exactly! Just tie the tooth to a bullet and pull the trigger, much quicker.
FreeRadical5 t1_iuhnrak wrote
Don't hold anything hard with your teeth.
GinjaNinja1027 t1_iuho246 wrote
Apparently this applies to your fingers too. Your jaw is strong enough to completely bite off your fingers, but your brain stops it.
MoistDitto t1_iuho84d wrote
Isn't universal in Norway either, idk why dental got to slipp off health care
AJammedNerfGun t1_iuho9si wrote
Once, when i was a child, i lost a tooth while eating some sort of hard food, and i just fucking bit down hard enough to reduce it to dust. Almost immediately i realized what happened, but it was already too late.
jarmrd t1_iuhpe2h wrote
same - 2 in 1 month 😓
Duke-Von-Ciacco t1_iuhq05f wrote
You don‘t need them.
Gooftwit t1_iuhqdfo wrote
Do it jackass style and tie it to the end of a ferrari
jonsticles t1_iuhqh7m wrote
I also wear a mouth guard and still get really bad headaches from involuntary clenching.
Aiizimor t1_iuhquq7 wrote
I dont remember the name of the study
AV196 t1_iuhrxfg wrote
Norway! Where you pay most of your income in tax and then have to pay private dental care!!!
Many Norwegians have bad teeth!
T-MinusGiraffe t1_iuhsooh wrote
Luxury bones
monkeywithtwospoons t1_iuht0kd wrote
My most scary recurring nightmare involves my jaw getting stuck and when i release it, it shatters most of my teeth and the few that remain are left loose and just fall out while i talk.
Then i wake up with a full set of teeth like "OH THANK FUCK".
ForceOfAHorse t1_iuhusdh wrote
LLuerker t1_iuhux5c wrote
??? Must’ve been 4-5 teeth at least, or I hope for that amount. I live in US
MrChickinMan t1_iuhvqsu wrote
nah, you gotta tie it to the iss then stand as still as you can. mach 25 baby
sicname321 t1_iuhwtcy wrote
spikeballbaby t1_iuhwvau wrote
Nah one tooth, just was without insurance at the time. Root canals and crowns are pricy. Also in the US.
[deleted] t1_iuhwx6g wrote
I too am dubious of this claim, but I'm not sure that your comparison is valid, since the bite force is concentrated to a small area, whereas bumps are typically distributed over a larger area. However, maybe this claim is valid if you bit on a joint, since joints aren't make of bone?
LLuerker t1_iuhxcl3 wrote
I’m sorry to hear that, in 2019 I had a root canal and gold crown put in on a top molar. Cost about $700 for root canal and another $700 for the crown. I pay out of pocket too
discharge_bender t1_iuhxds5 wrote
Recently had to get a root canal and they told me to bite down on this one thing to take an x ray I was so scared to bite to hard
ForceOfAHorse t1_iuhxg3d wrote
I'm not familiar with systems outside of Earth, so can't tell you if covering dental under universal healthcare is something typical in 'osmos or not.
Wheelie_bus215 t1_iuhxq05 wrote
Well that’s a new fear
lotionistic t1_iuhy1mh wrote
You don’t realize just how strong your jaws are until you try to break an m&m with your fingers. (Saw this statement on Reddit awhile back.)
spikeballbaby t1_iuhzezn wrote
I went with the porcelain/composite crown maybe that’s the price difference (+whatever cost is different between our docs)? I can def remember the root canal itself being like $2000ish though.
jennhoff03 t1_iui1q05 wrote
Ditto. It sucked!
simojako t1_iui4gb1 wrote
Take a chunk of skin in your mouth and see how hard you actually have to bite to make it hurt, let alone draw blood. Takes quite a bit of force before you get through the entire skin.
If you really want to test, try to bite through a chicken wing bone, and see how much force that takes. And a chicken bone is less dense.
Snizl t1_iui545h wrote
Most countries dont have it included. I think Germany is one of the very few where its covered for children and partially covered for adults.
Gwygwy t1_iui5cs5 wrote
Well it’s a showerthought not a TIL
AV196 t1_iui6rko wrote
Exactly. So blaming America for not having it is ridiculous. At least in ‘murica people have high salaries and pay little tax.
Snagmesomeweaves t1_iui6u9g wrote
CookieJarServant t1_iui7xyk wrote
In fact, they are strong enough to break your own jaw off. Your brain prevents that. And your teeth are stronger than regular bone.
JoyfulExmo t1_iuibpgk wrote
Yeah I’m not sure we can congratulate the brain here. My jaw is permanently effed from clenching and I’ve been wearing a night guard for years. My teeth still hurt when I wake up.
TheCryingGrizzlies t1_iuid43o wrote
Baby food it is!
andrewcassmusician t1_iuifkez wrote
Ow. This comments section makes my teeth hurt! I’ve clenched really hard and worried that I broke a little piece off one of my teeth, and I may have, but I could never find the evidence anywhere.
boomchacle t1_iuiodpd wrote
Did the pain of cracking wake you up?
SomeRetard-png t1_iuiukw9 wrote
Definitely, but my teeth are stronger than jaw breakers, so I think I’ll be fine.
HurricaneHarley13 t1_iuivrth wrote
I’ve actually chipped my teeth in my sleep from grinding them, so no
The_Undermind t1_iuj4gu2 wrote
Yup, same problem. I cracked all 2 of my crowns in my sleep clenching my teeth. Worst part is that whenever this happens im fully aware and feel it. I cant open my mouth, cant wake up, just a prisoner in my own body. All I remember is me panicking on the inside trying to unclench because it feels like ill shatter my teeth if i dont.
EDIT: Forgot to mention I also panic about loosing my tongue, cause if it were to be outside my mouth for whatever reason, id be missing a good chunk of it by now.
PIatanoverdepinto t1_iuj9u5l wrote
Well if you on tramadol your brain will say ahh fuck it lets see what happens and you will crack teeth in your sleep
Loud-Audience9389 t1_iujd8l8 wrote
- 1 for cracking teeth, 2 cracked clean in half, 2 with fractures forming. Sore jaw and headaches to boot
IiASHLEYiI t1_iuje6y3 wrote
You are strong enough to put your hands in your mouth, rip your jaw down, and break it, but your brain has the self-preservation instinct to know not to do that.
Life-is-crazy1212 t1_iujkv6y wrote
How else am I supposed to hold my sword when climbing a ship mast.
blindparasaurolophus t1_iujqln9 wrote
This is my worst nightmare.
(And apparently a widely common one too) shudder
Corrupted_G_nome t1_iujvjzv wrote
Im notsure about those figures but alpha and gamma brain patterns are at play.
Chimps can use all of their strength all the time (Gamma I think), however they never slow down and think like we do.
Whereas humans are almost always in Alpha brain mode. The opposite of other Apes. So when we switch modes we get the heroc stories of a mom lifting a car to save a trapped child and the like. Some feats of athleticism and strength are only attainable when the brain switches off those self preservation mechanisms.
I worked with small apes and they would frequently attack the leather gloves with such ferocity their teeth would fall out. They hardly seemed to notice if at all and certainly did not seem to care.
Corrupted_G_nome t1_iujvzno wrote
Yeah meat and bone is meat and bone. Chicken bones are more hollow and less dense so the conparison is slightly off. Anything you can damage on a plate with your teeth you could pull off IRL. A raw pork chop and human flesh are esentially tye same.
When the brain switches brainwaves we can access all of our strength. Ive worked with apes and they don't seem to really notice or care when they bite something so hard their teeth fall out. Not even enough to condition then to stop at a future interaction.
Corrupted_G_nome t1_iujw4y0 wrote
You may be grinding your teeth in your sleep. Its common to habe weird teeth dreams when griding. Mention the possibility to your dentist when you next visit.
Corrupted_G_nome t1_iujwffh wrote
Animals get that trait for free which is why chimps appear stronger than people. In rare circumstances that brainwave is also accessable to humans. There are recorded instances of mothers lifting heavy objects like cars to save their children but were unable to repeat the act for reporters. In desperate enough times the pain sensors turn off and you can literally shatter yourself but have access to all your power.
Corrupted_G_nome t1_iujwoxh wrote
It will. Pain responces will eventually stop you from reaching maximum force.
Be warned, other animals do not have such restrictions.
hypertyper85 t1_iujxs4p wrote
I feel like I've almost done it in my sleep, dentist has told me I deffo grind my teeth, I've no idea I'm doing it but have woke myself up where I've bashed my own teeth with my own teeth
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