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Cool experiments to do with milk teeth? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by BennyInc@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Some kids in my family start losing their milk teeth. 🦷

While we don’t do the tooth fairy 🧚 stuff, I wondered whether there’s any cool kid-friendly experiments 🔬 to do with their deciduous teeth? Like dissolving them in easily available liquids to teach them the importance of brushing, or maybe some material strength tests to show how cool enamel is?

Hit me with some cool ideas, I‘ve got a few teeth to experiment with 😃

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[–] Rikolan@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

One of the most infamous experiments is submerging the tooth in cola, to show the importance of brushing. In primary school, it was done on white eggs though, but using a tooth would be more authentic. Ironically, while the tooth should completely rot in cola, the liquid is perfect for washing household things (the sink or a toilet bowl for example).

[–] PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's always been a pretty misleading interpretation of the experiment.

The experiment is great. It's good to teach kids about acids and bases and this basic chemistry.

It's just that the same thing happens if you put a dead tooth in any acid, including the ones that are required for you to live, like vitamin c, and the ones that people drink because they think it's healthy, like vinegar.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

like vinegar.

Should I be drinking vinegar out of the bottle instead of dousing my chips with it?

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

My parents eat spoonfuls of cider vinegar, claiming it helps with arthritis. I tried it once and decided I would rather have the arthritis.

[–] PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vinegar is food, not medicine.

Consume it however you want.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm going to A&E before this thing cracks inside me.

[–] BennyInc@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does it really? I tried that with some meat when I was a kid, and other than turning a little ugly not much changed.

[–] lightstream@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yes it totally does. My teachers got a load of disembodied teeth when I was about 6, and we tied them to string and left them suspended in various drinks. The ones in coca cola had completely disappeared by the end of the experiment.

[–] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the liquid is perfect for washing household things (the sink or a toilet bowl for example)

And afterwards it makes a great mixer!

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You guys and your awesome, eco-friendly, life hacks! Where would I be without you?