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The Mysterious Case of Exploding Teeth
- philovivero 11y agotl;dr: A bunch of people had teeth that hurt. There are a lot of theories about why, none of which fit the facts. It remains a mystery, but the most likely explanation is people were exaggerating the pain and the event where the pain ceased.
- rosser 11y agoI don't see any support in The Fine Article for exaggeration being "the most likely explanation". It's an explanation, sure. In assessing its likelihood, you went from tl;dr-ing to editorializing.
- ergothus 11y agoGreat, because my occasional nightmares about losing my teeth weren't scary enough, now I learn they might explode...
- tcopeland 11y agoThat sounds a little like Mark Eberhart's "Why Things Break", where he talks about a company made a contact lens product out of materials similar to Corelle. One product was almost ready to be put on the market when they realized that there was the potential for pitting or scratches to result in the lens shattering explosively. Needless to say it didn't make it onto the shelves. I recommend that book; lots of interesting anecdotes and some good explanations of the underlying materials.
- dsmithatx 11y agoArgh this seemed so interesting until I read it and realized there is no conclusion. I believe the explosions were real and probably chemical in nature. However, these new click bait articles are making reading news and articles very painful. Either HN needs an update or we need a new place to get our news without all this blather.
- ZenPsycho 11y agoI was expecting this to be the case where they discovered that all the victims worked at the same match factory, and the dental explosions were being caused by sulphur poisoning.
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- mchahn 11y ago> there has been no documented case of exploding teeth since the 1920s ... ... which makes be believe this is baloney.