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Interesting Engineering on MSNTooth pain’s origins traced to 465-million-year-old armored fish with sensorsBlame it on a prehistoric armored fish. While the outer layer of our teeth is coated in hard enamel, it’s the inner layer, ...
Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find
Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...
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