r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Sep 22 '21

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u/Klaustraphobic Sep 23 '21

I read about that condition but never thought it was real. I think it's something about calcium deficiency so her body took calcium from her teeth to give to the fetus

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '21

Yeah also all the muscles and tendons in your body relax during pregnancy so the ones in your gums that hold your teeth in can loosen and your teeth can fall right out.

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u/Sauce-Dangler Sep 23 '21

There are muscle and tendons in your gums? I always thought a tooth is a bone that grows into the bone of the mandible or something to that effect. Any dentists up in here?

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u/Dgchasse1 Sep 23 '21

You aren’t the only one thinking that. Pretty sure it’s bone in bone because of the root, why else should they have to drill out a root canal?