The mystery of exploding teeth in the mouth is real in history

It was a joke, but the natural cavities exploded in the mouth without any effect, and it helped many patients get rid of the suffering of toothache.

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In the 19th century, WH Atkinson, an American dentist, shared in The Dental Cosmos in some cases where his patients had their teeth exploded.

The first case was in 1817, a missionary from Springfield, USA had to endure terrible pain from the right canine or the front molars. At that time, dental services were not developed so he suffered terrible toothache despite using all methods to relieve pain. At about 9 am the next day, his teeth suddenly exploded and then he no longer felt pain.

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The same situation happened 13 years ago, Ms. Letitia D, who lived only a few kilometers away also had a toothache for a long time. The pain only ended when the tooth exploded.

The last patient is a woman named Anna PA. Her left fang exploded from front to back in 1855.

According to the British Journal of Dentistry, exploding teeth are a strange case but not uncommon, dental explosions with many similar details have happened.

In 1871, a young girl exploded her molars when brushing her teeth and went to see J Phelps Hibler, an American dentist for treatment. After the explosion, she was deaf for several days.

Later, another 5-6 cases of dental explosions were recorded in the 19th century, but since the 1920s, no tooth rupture occurred.

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Researchers have proposed many theories explaining the phenomenon of exploding teeth in the patient's mouth.

In 1860, Atkinson said that it was possible that the calories formed in the teeth caused pressure on the pulp to increase and explode. This hypothesis was immediately rejected. Atkinson also put forward another hypothesis that cavities increase the amount of gas accumulated in the teeth that cause teeth to explode.

Hugh Devlin, professor of Dental Restoration at Manchester University of Dentistry, UK said that we still do not know today that the gas accumulating in the teeth is enough to cause the teeth to explode because the teeth are very solid structure. But he said that 19th-century dentists misinterpreted tooth decay, they thought that tooth decay came from within, but in fact the diet and the amount of bacteria accumulated on the surface of the teeth were the cause. this phenomenon.

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Perhaps, the most widely accepted hypothesis explaining the phenomenon of exploding teeth in human mouth is due to chemicals used to weld teeth. At that time, people used lead, tin, silver and other alloys to weld teeth.

Andrea Sella, professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of London, UK, said that if two different metals were used to weld teeth, they would create a type of electrochemical battery. And since metal mixtures in the mouth can generate electricity themselves, the entire mouth turns into a low-voltage battery pack. If the deep tooth is badly welded, not filling up, it will increase the ability to accumulate hydrogen gas in the teeth. The pressure of hydrogen gas can explode a weak tooth.

Unfortunately, this hypothesis is not really convincing because there has not been a single record indicating that the victims who had their teeth exploded had ever had teeth erupted. So, the mystery of the tooth explosions has not been able to decode.