MadSci Network: Medicine |
Hi David, Well, once the tooth is pulled, the blood and nerve supply to the tooth is broke. This causes the soft tissue of the tooth to die off very quickly. The calcified part of the tooth (the part that you see on the outside) will dry out but not disappear - in fact, are always found in human skeletal remains from thousands of years back.
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