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[pauraque_bk]

Still working the toothache remedies, and also got the dentist to score me some vicodin. I wonder why tooth pain gets so blindingly intense... what's the evolutionary value there? In the absence of modern dentistry wouldn't it just be a source of disabling pain for tons of the population? All the time in egyptology you hear about mummies with severely decayed and abcessed teeth (partly because of the environment; sand would get in their food and cause dental wear and tear), which boggles my mind. I'd rather have them all pulled out than that, though the prospect of having damaged teeth extracted without anesthesia is a bit daunting.

Maybe proximity to the face/brain/"self" makes it seem worse than it is? I don't know. God fucking damn it though.

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[skywaterblue.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's probably evolutionary advantageous for pain in your lower extremities to hurt less than pain in your skull. You know, if you get banged in the head you're pretty fucked, but if you twist your ankle, with a little adrenaline you still have a pretty good chance of survival.

If evolution really gave a shit, we'd shed teeth like sharks, though.

[aunty_marion]

I have frequently opined that whoever thought it was a good idea to design nerves into teeth was a sadist.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I don't know, but I'm definitely with you there. Toothaches are totally familiar to me. Didn't Clark Gable almost die from one?

[thimble-kiss.livejournal.com]

{{{Hugs}}} I'm sorry that you have to wait that long for the appointment!

It's traumatising to contemplate life without modern dentistry and anaesthesia. That scene in Castaway with Tom Hanks still makes my stomach churn to think of it. D: God save the dentists.

[lycoris.livejournal.com]

Did anyone suggest Oil of Cloves? My Mum uses that when she has a toothache - you dab it on and it apparently can really, really work.