Miles, do you know what special day it is today? Special day it is today. I do not.

Today is Dental Drill Appreciation Day. I'm sorry, what? I know.

Everybody needs love.

So, I thought the same thing that you did. Why in the hell do we have a dental drill appreciation day? And then I started thinking about it. It's because there was a day in age where we didn't have dental drills. You know, when you put it like that, that makes a lot more sense. And we really, really, really would have liked them. So I went and looked up the, just honestly, 10 wild dental practices that have gone on throughout history.

And it's kind of weird what I have found here.

Are you ready for this?

So very bottom of the list, calculus bridges is what they're calling it.

So in general history, it's when you allowed or failed to remove massive tartar buildup, or calculus,

that eventually formed a rigid structure bridging the teeth, which, if removed, could cause

all the teeth to fall out at once.

Because they're all basically glued together by that calcium. Correct.

And that was a practice back of the day. Like, I let them fuse together. That'd be fine.

That's sexy. All for one, one for all.

Oh, no. Wow. Well, seriously. I mean. And like, I feel like I've seen cleaning videos where I can see that they're clearly getting that calcium off of there. And it's freaked me out that it's ever gotten that big. So I'm glad I've never gone that far. I have mineral-rich saliva, according to my dentist. Ah, geez. I was like, I did not know that about myself. Cavities are nothing new, and doctors sometimes used hot irons to cauterize the infected gums and tooth nerves. Oh, man. You thought you didn't want the cavities these days. Hang on there. I'm going to run this by my kids, because they always freak out going to the dentist.

Sure.

What if they do this? I'm like, well, they're medical practitioners. So you're, if they do discover this, that's the person you want to find this. Correct. They have been fine, but they freak out every time. I'm going to let them know. Yeah, and that was back in the ancient Roman times. That was the highfalutin technology back then, indoor plumbing and cauterizing cavities.

Good job, everybody. Back Roman times. That was the high flute in technology back then. Indoor plumbing and cauterizing cavities.

Good job, everybody.

Back in the early 1800s, there

was a tool that administered mild electric

shocks to the gums to numb

pain during or filling teeth.

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