Current Events > Why do humans have teeth problems but animals don't?

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I mean some animals eat almost anything and never get cavities or anything

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Do they eat processed foods?

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i was jus tinkin bout dis

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In the wild, they generally don't live long enough to have tooth problems - and if they develop them, probably don't live much longer after that.

In captivity, it does happen. Although their diets generally being a bit healthier (and I'm going to guess in particular, their drinking being almost exclusively water) probably helps.

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They don't eat sugar

However they still sometimes have problems. My cat has no teeth. I don't know exactly what happened. He was toothless when I got him but the shelter told me his original owner surrendered him because they couldn't afford dental work he needed. The shelter removed all his teeth

processed shit, chemical drinks

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Youre making a false assumption that animals dont have teeth problems.

They do. Humans just get it worse cause we're eating shit nature didn't consider we would eat. Nature is like "humans wtf why are you eating that stop"

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Our teeth were better 500 years ago before we started eating sugar.
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BrandonSmith posted...

Youre making a false assumption that animals dont have teeth problems.

He is kind of right though, you never hear of horses or cows needing root canals and weird stuff like this. I do not think you ever hear of dogs or cats needing braces either. This is pretty much a human only problem.

Animal lifespans generally arent long enough for their teeth to develop serious complications.

But it does still happen, especially in domesticated animals.

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blablablax17 posted...

Our teeth were better 500 years ago before we started eating sugar.

And rotten teeth were a status symbol because it showed you could afford sugar lol

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TrollTrace posted...

He is kind of right though, you never hear of horses or cows needing root canals and weird stuff like this. I do not think you ever hear of dogs or cats needing braces either. This is pretty much a human only problem.

Animals also don't have the societal pressure to look good as far as I know so if their teeth are a little off, it's not really a big deal as long as they are healthy.

Note, I don't know anything about animal teeth. Maybe they do have issues that should be taken care of but aren't.

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Ok people saying short lifespan and sugar what about animals dat live a hundred+ years like turtles and sharks and also dont many animals eat fruit which has sugar in it

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Shablagoo posted...

Ok people saying short lifespan and sugar what about animals dat live a hundred+ years like turtles and sharks and also dont many animals eat fruit which has sugar in it

Sharks regrow teeth I think. And idk bout dem turts.

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Nature has a way. For example, rodents' teeth continue to grow throughout their entire life, and gnawing stuff maintains their dental health.

Koalas though...Their teeth are sharp and made for munching their only food source: eucalyptus leaves. Unfortunately, their teeth wear down, and eventually, the koala can't eat and simply starve :(

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MrNintendo1213 posted...

Sharks regrow teeth I think.

oh, neat

idk bout dem turts.

can I sig dis lol

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But animals do have teeth problems...

They either die of starvation when they lose all their teeth or evolved to keep regrowing them like sharks.
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Probably because they don't live very long. I was bad, I went nearly 10 years without seeing a dentist and hardly brushing my teeth, pretty much from 21 to 31. It took that much time for 1 tooth to die and break in half before they had to remove it. I did however have 5 more cavities, all which have been filed and everything is much better but it still took at least 10 years to get to that point which really, I could have kept living if I did not smarten up and take better care of my teeth.

MrNintendo1213 posted...

Sharks regrow teeth I think. And idk bout dem turts.

They don't have teeth, they use their jaw.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVJ_sbmw07M

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YugiNoob posted...

Koalas though...Their teeth are sharp and made for munching their only food source: eucalyptus leaves. Unfortunately, their teeth wear down, and eventually, the koala can't eat and simply starve :(

Jesus fucking wept, evolution really shit the bed on koalas.
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Dogs can definitely have teeth problems
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Not just evolution picking on them. They also suffer from an eye disease similar to pink eye, and...chlamydia lol

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Humans that mostly eat plants and meat don't really have dental problems. Natural sugar is fine. It becomes a problem when you drink juice like crazy.

People from other parts of the world who never been to the dentist have 0 cavities. Diet is very important.

Animals most certainly have dental problems. Not so much cavity, braces etc but teeth get infected so they die young in the wild. Domestic animals pretty much need their teeth brushed to cut down on bacterial growth.

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Ki_cat_ posted...

Natural sugar is fine

have to cut the source out. sugar free. no diabeetus or cavity's = no problem.
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Survival of the fittest, the animals with bad teeth genes die cause they cant eat, so they cant reproduce maybe

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TrollTrace posted...

He is kind of right though, you never hear of horses or cows needing root canals and weird stuff like this. I do not think you ever hear of dogs or cats needing braces either. This is pretty much a human only problem.

Do you want to see a video of a horse getting a root canal? Cause i know of a video of a horse getting a root canal.

Gum is good and cheap but others brush their teeth when their mouth tastes bad and no point eating candy folks!

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Problems do happen to animals. I remember watching a thing about a sea lion who had an infected tooth, and they had to major surgery on it to evacuate the pus build up. It can happen in the wild, but comparing animals to humans when humans willingly do things that are bad for their teeth, it's definitely going to be a far bigger problem for humans.

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lorddrakath1522 posted...

Do you want to see a video of a horse getting a root canal? Cause i know of a video of a horse getting a root canal.

I was going to say, I'm pretty sure it's not uncommon for (usually mistreated) horses to have teeth issues. They get that anxiety/obsessive disorder where they won't stop chewing and mouthing on things like fences, stable doors, wire fences etc.

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TrollTrace posted...

He is kind of right though, you never hear of horses or cows needing root canals and weird stuff like this. I do not think you ever hear of dogs or cats needing braces either. This is pretty much a human only problem.

Almost no humans need braces either lol.

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If you give animals, like dogs and monkeys, a lot of processed bread, sugar drinks, and cupcakes, then they would have cavities too.

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Most animals can't complain as well as humans when their shit hurts.

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