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I've pondered even if you kept all of your teeth and lived long enough would they be grinded away to stubs causing you to need

implants or dentures anyway?

Posted - February 25, 2018

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  • 3375
    My MIL will be turning 98 in a few months.  She actually has all her teeth and they aren't stubs.  Of course they aren't pearly white, but no dentures or implants for her.
      February 25, 2018 8:25 PM MST
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  • 5614
    Perhaps it takes hundreds of years. No studies done of course.
      February 25, 2018 8:27 PM MST
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  • 5614
    .. but we don't need studies to understand that accidents occur and teeth have no healing factor.
      February 25, 2018 8:28 PM MST
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  • 19937
    Your question was age-related.  You didn't ask about losing teeth in an accident.
      February 25, 2018 9:33 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Anthropologists identify vegetarian fossils by the teeth being ground down by dusty plant materials. So it depends on your diet.
      February 27, 2018 4:52 AM MST
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  • 22891
    probably
      February 28, 2018 4:44 PM MST
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