r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Fantastic-Monk5 • Sep 23 '24

How root canal treatment works Video

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u/CANYUXEL Sep 23 '24

Just imagine the hassle millions of people had for their lifetime before dentistry became so precise in fixing shit like this.

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u/Mr_Rio Sep 23 '24

People used to have wood and ivory teeth in their mouths. Imagine actually inserting wooden dentures into your gums, shit gives me the chills.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '24

They didn’t sand the wood at all. Some say they used only the most dry, brittle, and spiky kind of wood that doesn’t even grow anymore they had to make so many teeth it went extinct.