Tooth worm? Nonsense. Everyone knows about the tooth beaver. Well, Ren didnât. He learned the hard way.
I thought that beaver was a fairy.
Toothworms? Everybody knows that the Cavity Creeps are the cause⌠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fLTh0IVOkQ
It would be interesting to see how widespread this notion was; for example, the Japanese word for âcavityâ is mushiba (lit. âBug toothâ).
I imagine it would be pretty common, given the fact that it fits with many other observable forms of decay.
A soi-distant relation of the butt-biting bug?
Dr Ash has a cure for that!
And here I thought Yuck Mouth was the cause all along:
Tooth worms arenât real? If one searches YouTube, you just might become a believer.
Great.
Now the next time I have that dream where all my teeth fall out theyâll be full of worms, too.
Thanks, BoingBoing!
Henbane is a hell of a drug!
I really hope that the picture is of incredibly small scrimshaw carved from actual teeth.
That was certainly interesting 
These arenât technically âtoothâ worms, since they target the delicious soft tissue rather than the robust-and-not-terribly-nourishing teeth themselves; but if anyone feels up to another hit from the âAre tropical medicine case reports basically the exact opposite genre from theodicy? Yes, yes they are.â files, âoral myiasisâ isâŚa thing.
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