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Adult teeth are present from birth, located deep in the jaw. We imagine our adult teeth grow, but it's everything else that's growing, we grow out and around th
by Buttons840 2y ago
Adult teeth are present from birth, located deep in the jaw. We imagine our adult teeth grow, but it's everything else that's growing, we grow out and around the adult teeth which were always there from the beginning.
Search for x-ray pictures of children's teeth if you want to see this. It's almost nightmare fuel, but remember it's natural, this is how things are supposed to work, and that chaotic jumble of teeth will sort itself out (if not, orthodontics).
This makes me skeptical that we can just grow teeth out of nothing.
- tallanvor 2y agoThat's not true. Baby teeth have developed by birth although they don't start to emerge until around 6 months. Adult teeth don't start developing until birth.
- Buttons840 2y agoI think you're probably right. My point and reason for skepticism still remains though, growing adult teeth is not like fingernails that just grow out of seemingly nothing, it happens deep inside the bone and is deeply connected with the process of growing in general.
- knifie_spoonie 2y agoI imagine that they do grow in size, though? I'm having a hard time picturing a full set of my adult sized teeth fitting inside a newborn's skull with room for everything else.
- Buttons840 2y agoHave you seen the images? [0] It seems I was only half-correct though, since this page I linked refers to "permanent tooth buds", meaning a part of the adult teeth has formed at an early age, but further growth still happens. [0]: These are medical images and x-rays, but they may be mildly disturbing: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/9541/is-this-image-about-child-teeth-development-accurate https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/9541/is-this-im...