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The teeth are the hardest substances in the human body, how come a soft tongue remains safe amidst it?

Posted - March 15, 2017

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  • Sometimes it doesn't and I bite my tongue. Worst feeling ever :(
      March 15, 2017 11:35 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Yes, that happens too;((
      March 15, 2017 11:48 PM MDT
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  • 2658
    As posted above, safe as long as it stays in its usage territory.
      March 15, 2017 11:42 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Oh, that Answer is so full of wisdom, thanks my friend;))
      March 15, 2017 11:49 PM MDT
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  • I've bitten my tongue so many times that I've had it trained in kung-fu. It's already a white belt (!) and is becoming quite agile at ducking and weaving. If it works I'm gonna get my cheeks trained as well. They don't often get a nip but once in a while they get too close (they're quite nosey, for cheeks) and that can be painful.
      March 15, 2017 11:52 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    LOL luved it;))
      March 16, 2017 12:16 AM MDT
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  • 5354
    It does not always succeed. but mostly I agree: it is pretty good at getting away when the Jaws start to close. ;-)

    I guess it is a shortened feedback loop where messages from the jaws that they are half-closed now, get sent straight to the tongue (without even reaching the brain for processing) so the tongue can get a move on.
      March 16, 2017 12:59 AM MDT
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  • 7683
    Oh this I see another stupendous response JaKoba;)) isn't that marvelous how it gets away when jaws start to close....yay.....that sounds so logical.....I'm sure your reasoning must be right. This post was edited by Veena.K at March 16, 2017 5:18 PM MDT
      March 16, 2017 5:16 PM MDT
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  • I would disagree ... I've know people who's mind are set in concrete ... Never had a new thought in their life
      March 16, 2017 2:09 AM MDT
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  • 2052
    Sometimes they don't.  Bad fitting dentures that rub against the tongue can cause problems. 
      March 16, 2017 4:47 AM MDT
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  • 7683
    Oh I never thought about dentures.....yes indeed that might cause so much pain. Ouch!
      March 16, 2017 5:20 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    cause god made it that way
      March 16, 2017 4:58 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    I luv your answers Pearl, so sincere and so simply right.
      March 16, 2017 5:22 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Because they only surround the tongue.

    And they only nip the tongue as a warning to it when their boundaries are crossed inappropriately. 
      March 16, 2017 5:02 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Yes of course., and that nip is remembered for a long long time;))
      March 16, 2017 5:24 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Absolutely. This post was edited by tom jackson at March 17, 2017 11:20 AM MDT
      March 17, 2017 11:18 AM MDT
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