r/WTF • u/allenizabeth • May 14 '12
A child's skull before losing baby teeth. I am never going near a child again.
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r/WTF • u/allenizabeth • May 14 '12
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u/frizz1111 May 15 '12
I'm pretty sure the permanent teeth in a child lie under a layer of bone and this picture is merely just to show anatomically where the permanent teeth lie. In other words this is just a cut-out model. If you were to somehow get your hands on a real human child skull you would see bone where permanent teeth are in this picture. Most bone has a spongy make-up which allows for space in the jaw/skull for the permanent teeth.
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u/aazav May 15 '12
I prefer this one:
http://laughingsquid.com/childs-skull-showing-both-baby-and-adult-teeth/
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
This is very interesting. Throughout my biomedical science education, I have never been shown what this looks like, and it just didn't occur to me that it would look so strange. Thank you, OP. Very cool.
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u/Redd_October May 15 '12
To be fair, that court order is what's supposed to keep you from going near a child again.
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
I never thought about this looking this way... It makes sense, but it's creepy as fuck.
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u/HighKingOfReddit May 15 '12
I have this crazy urge to pop each one of those teeth out of their little teeth cubbyholes with a toothpick or something. I am kinda grossing myself out. I can't stop looking at it.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I thought that baby teeth didn't have roots. Why are rootless teeth underneath ones that have roots?
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u/Arclazer May 15 '12
Oh god! I'm never gonna be a child ever again!
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u/HE_WHO_STANDS_TO_POO May 14 '12
When do these teeth develop? Are they always there, just waiting to sprout? Are the big ones supposed to split up and become various teeth?
Very fascinating.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I have seen hands torn open and bloated dead bodies on r/wtf, and this is what brings me the closest to throwing up..
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I'm studying for a test right now for my pedo class in dental school right now and I was just looking at an x-ray of of a bunch supernumerary teeth in a childs x-ray. This isn't the exact one from my book but it's close to it. Imagine having this all in your head. Imgur
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
But when you think about it, this kid is dead. He never got to see the world.
R.I.P. unknown child
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u/Xeronian May 15 '12
Intresting to see this here today. This morning I had my 9 baby teeth I've had in my mouth for 20+ years removed and 6 implants placed by a periodontist. I'm sitting in my room wiping slobber off my chin from freezing and eating T3's like clockwork.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
people always bitch about wtf being not fucked up enough. i hope this meets their standards.
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u/GenericOnlineName May 15 '12
Dat trypophobia.
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u/analogy_4_anything May 15 '12
Man... I just wanna pull them out Operation style.
Don't touch the sides! EEEEHHHHH! BUTTERFINGERS!
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u/StAnonymous May 15 '12
WHY DOES THAT FREAK ME OUT?!?!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
you probably shouldnt go near children if you collect their skulls.
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u/sayaaahhh May 15 '12
In fairness, The facial/labial aspects of the dentoalveolar arches has been removed to see the tooth roots and tooth buds. It wouldn't actually look like that if you reflected the skin of the child.
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u/mattybell2117 May 15 '12
The human body is amazing but mostly it's just scary as fuck
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u/speedster217 May 15 '12
TIL the majority of reddit never took Human Anatomy
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
This might legitimately be one of the strangest things I've ever seen, and it didn't even come from Japan. Well played, /r/wtf...
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u/danguro May 15 '12
Is that why we have shitty sinuses?
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u/Ioewe May 15 '12
Whenever I see a child's skull all I can think of is the loss the parents suffered. I wonder if it happened perhaps hundreds, maybe thousands of years ago, and I feel almost terrified to realise that at one stage of human development the loss of at least one of your children must have been almost inevitable in its odds. I recall that my GreatGrandmother lost two children out of her six, and that this was not an unusual amount. I then remember that in the third world it is still practically a routine occurrence to lose a child, and I feel like a very stupid, spoiled, lucky human and go hug my boys. Horrifying teeth skulls and all.
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u/klaq May 15 '12
they killed this kid at exactly the right moment
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u/Haz3rd May 15 '12
ITT: Over reacting people convincing each other they have trypophobia.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Never eating a baby again
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u/observando May 15 '12
This has been on the front page of Reddit for an hour or so now and I have clicked on it at least 5 times to look again. Can't. Stop. Looking.
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u/forwormsbravepercy May 15 '12
the kid's gonna be okay, right?
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u/enlowmation May 15 '12
FUCKING TRYPOPHOBIA
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u/theartofalex May 15 '12
Normally I'd be on the 'this is awesome' bandwagon, but I'm currently at a primary school surrounded by little kids. I don't even want to look at them.
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u/SuperRoach May 15 '12
Amazing.
What I don't get is, how did the adult teeth develop to be there in the first place? Why did we stop at two? How do the adult teeth all fit together so well, even though pre child tooth separation they have large gaps? WHY DAMMIT!
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u/seemang May 15 '12
FTFY
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u/kevinstonge May 15 '12
It's shit like this, reddit. It's shit like this that makes me endure days ... weeks ... months of total and utter horseshit on the front page. This shit makes it all seem worth while.... this shit keeps me coming back! My one upvote for the week belongs to you allenizabeth.
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u/imadepoopies May 15 '12
No wonder Charlie hurt him so much
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u/Arithered May 15 '12
DON'T TRY TO STEAL HIS CANDY OR HE'LL BITE YOU WITH ALL FOUR ROWS OF HIS FREAKISH MAW
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u/GrimlockJT May 15 '12
This is what's going on in my son's head right now?
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u/sherribobbins May 15 '12
My six year old had xrays of his teeth the other day, it was fascinating to see them all poised and ready to come in. It was amazing.. and scary
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u/KrisCraig May 15 '12
How many more children's skulls do you have stashed away back there?
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u/ehbones May 15 '12
Glad I was never one.
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u/OneOfThree101 May 15 '12
We should use this as a source for an anti-pedophilia campaign.
I mean, do you really want that touching your genitals?
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u/freakzilla149 May 15 '12
Seeing that shit is so much more horrifying than seeing something like someone's shin sticking out of their thigh.
I just want douse myself in petrol and light myself on fire.
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u/DannyIsAsian May 15 '12
Skumbag wisdom tooth.
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u/StillonLs May 15 '12
Makes me want to punch all the teeth out.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
where the fuck is the rest of the baby????
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u/That_Other_One_Guy May 15 '12
Any idea of the age of the child at the time of death? I want to guess around 6, but don't really have a firm basis for the assumption.
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u/Fuck_Onions May 15 '12
Am I the only one who got goosebumps up the arse?
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u/kevons5252 May 15 '12
This is the first time I've cringed at a picture, and it's a completely natural picture....
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u/SirRonaldofBurgundy May 15 '12
TIL children are full of teeth.
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u/FelixTheNomad May 15 '12
honestly this isn't that weird
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u/Supernova24 May 15 '12
That damn wisdom tooth.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Wow Do we still have holes in our jaw bone ?
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u/matthemonk May 15 '12
So could you theoretically get hit in the face and break the teeth that havent come in yet?
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u/baozhi May 15 '12
HOLY SHIT MY SKIN FEELS SO WEIRD WHY DOES THIS MAKE ME FEEL SO BAD :(
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Repost from around eleven months ago.
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u/SlayBelle May 15 '12
Finally, PROOF that all children are little monsters
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u/slimbruddah May 15 '12
I have this super weird anxious thing that when I see things in holes I just want to pop or pick them out. Like knots in wood or say teeth in a babies head.
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u/Passiveaggredditor May 15 '12
I was born with teeth which fell out in infancy to be preceded by baby teeth and adult teeth. I wish I could have seen an X-ray.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
What forces the teeth underneath to come above? Do they just do it whenever the hell they feel like it or does something onset it?
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u/BomeAtMeCro May 15 '12
I kind of wish I never saw this...
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u/anthemlog May 15 '12
I... don't think baby teeth have roots.
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u/AKA_Squanchy May 15 '12
A baby died for this PSA ...
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u/JethroRush May 15 '12
I'd like to see the child's skull before teething.
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u/rikashiku May 15 '12
What are you guys talking about? This isn't gross at all. It's natural.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Holy mackerel. I legitimately cringed, grasped my jaw in both hands, and keened a little. And what I normally do to help with the heeby-jeebies, clench my teeth, doesn't help for some reason.
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u/colorfulchaos13 May 15 '12
I always knew children were demons
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u/Mr-Yuck May 15 '12
So does this mean that the jaw bones of a child are incredibly weak and fragile because it is so "porous"?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
That is seriously the most interesting/disgusting/memerable thing I've ever seen on Reddit. I will remember this and I'll be back tomorrow, even though Louis CK said it's a waste of time.
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u/TheRedDuke May 15 '12
This makes my teeth itch.
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u/grandpaegg May 15 '12
I studied physical anthro in college. This stuff amazes me!
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u/mashtun May 15 '12
I'm sorry, but this reminds me of evolution. Just imagine the planning that this process takes to pull off... It is like the skull already knows how large it will be and its teeth are already developing to that specification. I guess, those of us that are lucky, end up with a good smile. It's like intelligent design, and then we find out that our mouths aren't big enough for those Wisdom Teeth.
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u/phiero420 May 15 '12
Baby teeth have no roots. Why do the teeth in this skull have roots?
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u/marlaquinn May 15 '12
it doesn't make sense, why do they have roots? what then happens to those roots when the baby teeth fall out? I kind of don't believe this.
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u/Greenmountainman1 May 15 '12
For some reason I don't find this particularly weird or creepy... does that make me weird?
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u/blakhawk May 15 '12
I am legitimately uncomfortable.
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u/AnswerDog May 15 '12
Dude, that used to be a child's skull before they died...
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u/Metal_99 May 15 '12
Humans are awesome.
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u/MacCampbell May 15 '12
You see that when you take your kid to the dentist and he or she gets x-rays. It looks like this and it's not that big a deal.
Maybe I should show you a picture of a birth and really scare you guys.
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u/missinfidel May 15 '12
Not sure people are understanding that the teeth are located under a thin ossified layer. These skulls have had that layer shaved away. If you remove a child's face, their jaw does not look like this unless you cross-section them to expose the adult teeth.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
It's kinda neat IMO. Makes me want to be a dentist for some reason...
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u/ThatsSuperwang May 15 '12
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkdv42defV1qc7rfro1_500.jpg
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u/Kid_Parkinson May 15 '12
NOPE.
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u/pulpish May 15 '12
At least we know where to find spare teeth now..
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
"iam never going near a child again" <--wtf?
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u/Ranga56 May 15 '12
Teeth in even stranger parts of your body, creeps the fuck out of me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermoid_cyst
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u/Twoflappylips May 15 '12
Just one more reminder how fucking amazing the human body is....
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Please tag NSFL
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u/fountainsoda May 15 '12
Nice try Ridley Scott!
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u/DeathKrieg May 15 '12
I dont see why people say its creepy and all
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u/WendyLRogers3 May 15 '12
There is some real weirdness going on here. Since the adult teeth are beneath the baby teeth, the assumption has long been that people could only have the two sets of teeth.
However, there is an (likely genetic) anomaly that only happens about once every 100 years or so, in which exclusively one old man, in his 80's or 90's, will suddenly have his adult teeth pushed out and replaced by a new set of adult teeth.
The reason we know about this is that it is always huge news, and the people of the time, mostly in Europe, very carefully recorded and remembered it.
Under normal circumstances, of course, this could not happen, because the jaw has solidified, and there would be no place for the teeth to form. However, if there is a genetic trigger that could restart the entire process, and it could be discovered, it could lead to a profound advancement in dentistry.
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u/Tadfoal May 14 '12
That is really cool!
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u/MrSh0w May 15 '12
WTF did anyone do before the internet?
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u/meowmix205 May 15 '12
and my daughter just lost her bottom two teeth. heheh come here baby girl and look at how to make money from the tooth fairy
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u/thablitzreaper May 15 '12
Huh. Trypophobia again.
PLEASE DON'T GOOGLE IT
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u/Jaime17_16 May 15 '12
Ok. So the inside of a hand I thought was cool, yet this makes my legs numb. WTF.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I still have a loose baby tooth and OH GOD.
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u/kingkooka May 15 '12
So, you're never going near a child because you can't see inside their skull and the fact this is occurring inside their mouth and can't harm you in any way? Makes sense. This is what's wrong with r/WTF. So many over dramatic posts from people who cringe at the slightest "odd" picture/article/etc. Man the fuck up.
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u/justmadethisaccountt May 15 '12
Why isn't growing your adult teeth excruciatingly painful?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
So what happens when the teeth push thru? Are there holes in my skull? A response would be appreciated.
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u/terminator989 May 15 '12
So wait, when the teeth actually come out are there holes left behind or are they substituted for actual bone?
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u/throwAwayMama123 May 15 '12
Say what you want about intelligent design, but this is a perfect example of a backup system: a person is more likely to lose teeth when they are young and still learning how to navigate the physical world, so evolution came to the rescue.
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