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Jack asked in HealthDental · 2 weeks ago

How do you come to have no teeth at all by age 50?

Okay, okay how does one come to have no teeth, just bare gums by age 50?  The possibilities I've thought of are these:

(1) A guy that never, ever brushes his teeth his whole life.

(2) Maybe the guy has a congenital gum disease like the male pattern baldness of teeth.

(3) or he gets some kind of drastic infection at some point in his life...

  Most of the guys I've seen who have no teeth or maybe just three, are homeless, or are in and out of prison.  Either way, I've guessed that fistfights took care of the ones in the front, and taffy and sodapop took care of the ones in the back.  I can see that hard drinkers would habitually pass out every night before they could brush their teeth... I've kind of wondered what the deal is with Popeye.

Update:

I've decided to just blow out all my points just asking questions.

It's like that comedian who said he aspired to die penniless in the gutter because he always had a bunch of loose change lying around that he never could gt rid of, and he admired a man that could break even and die all at the same time! 

  I mean your Y!A points aren't going to be good for anything once it's dead and gone right? (Unless somebody figures out how to turn Y!A points into bitcoin...)

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  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    Meth Mouth- Meth Mouth is severe tooth decay and tooth loss, as well as tooth fracture, acid erosion, and other oral problems, potentially symptomatic of extended use of the drug methamphetamine.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    Brushing have little or nothing to do with it. I would say it's most likely due to drugs, that the drugs somehow make your teeth lose and fall out. Your whole body takes a hell of a beating under drug abuse, so I'm guessing teeth are no exception here.

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