A child's skull before losing baby teeth

MSnap · 2012-10-05T12:53:56+00:00

I have no idea why this scares me so much...

justinsayin · 2012-10-05T16:30:45+00:00

If you would have posted an X-ray instead, you wouldn't have had to kill him.

AnArmyOfWombats · 2012-10-05T18:48:20+00:00

... This reminds me.

I have a full set of teeth, minus one. I'm missing the "adult tooth" for that sharp tooth behind the upper canine on the left. I just have a baby tooth, tiny roots and all.

Here's where it gets interesting: I also have a twin. We were talking a few years back after visiting a dentist, getting cleaned, xrays, etc.

As it turns out, the bastard stole my tooth. He has an "extra" adult tooth sitting in his upper jaw...

imperfcet · 2012-10-05T15:57:50+00:00

So do the tooth compartments get filled in with bone as we grow up?

RelaxErin · 2012-10-05T18:03:08+00:00

Wow, I thought everyone would think this was awesome but these comments all sound freaked out.

shecantstayaway · 2012-10-05T16:43:32+00:00

Love it! I work in a dental office and I love looking at kids' x-rays, seeing all those teeth just waiting in their little pockets in the jaw. So much happens that we don't see on the surface.

FuriousGeorge06 · 2012-10-05T16:08:44+00:00

Remember guys, don't think about this every time you see a kid.

jessicatron · 2012-10-05T16:10:17+00:00

I find this deeply disgusting.

thegroverest · 2012-10-05T17:30:25+00:00

Was he ok afterwards?

Sprocketlord · 2012-10-05T14:21:29+00:00

It freaks me out enough already to know that everyone has one of these behind their face.

M374llic4 · 2012-10-05T15:37:03+00:00

Fuck man, this triggers my trypophobia. Its making my head cold and itchy and my skin is crawling, and it makes me twitch.

4p47hy · 2012-10-05T18:34:21+00:00

Another photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfschafer/3990631783/

musicalnotes16 · 2012-10-05T19:36:35+00:00

Wasn't this on r/WTF a few months ago? o.o

Thundernut · 2012-10-05T20:01:00+00:00

I've lost count how many times I have seen this repost.

CrookedNaysayer · 2012-10-05T21:18:23+00:00

Here's another picture with a view from the front

itdood · 2012-10-05T16:59:29+00:00

Every time I see this pic I have two extreme reactions. Wow, that's neat / crap, a child died.

GastroPhysics · 2012-10-05T13:08:13+00:00

Children are weird.

_chernozem · 2012-10-05T17:23:40+00:00

Relevant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HxcU0xVXrA

SpotlessMiind · 2012-10-05T17:25:36+00:00

Scary as fuck

Niemand262 · 2012-10-05T17:43:04+00:00

well.....I don't think I would mind having died 2 minutes ago, to save myself having to see this.

annieloux · 2012-10-05T17:46:46+00:00

Dumb question: if there was still skin on this face, would one be able to feel the teeth sitting in their cavities, or is there usually a layer of bone or something that covers them?

I'm guessing it's the latter, but I must know for sure.

avengedsevenfoldxx · 2012-10-05T20:00:54+00:00

re-post /:

XpwnkingX · 2012-10-05T20:15:19+00:00

why isnt this in /r wtf

NotZeus · 2012-10-05T21:07:57+00:00

This. This sends shivers down my back. It makes my face hurt. It scares me. I can look at gore videos, weird porn videos, most everything. Just this type of stuff hurts me. I have no idea.

kenebriated · 2012-10-05T22:31:08+00:00

For some reason, out of all the twisted shit I've seen on the internet, this is the one that gives me the worst heebie jeebies. Just think of all the kids you see on a day to day basis with those extra teeth rattling around inside their stupid little faces.

dtrainusmc · 2012-10-05T16:41:25+00:00

This is how people develop trypophobia.

judasi · 2012-10-05T18:17:18+00:00

This kills the child.

morrgh · 2012-10-05T13:52:26+00:00

"The more you know" doesn't seem to be a good thing in this occasion.

Delicatesther · 2012-10-05T14:55:07+00:00

I lost my front teeth, root and all, when I was barely four years old and had to wait five years for my adult teeth to settle in. It's safe to say I'm a big fan of having more teeth over less. This image is still one of the scariest things I have seen in a while, though!

Siarles · 2012-10-05T15:40:08+00:00

Huh. Well, that's interesting.

PatientZero001 · 2012-10-05T16:23:03+00:00

Whose wisdom teeth are that straight?!

orangelace · 2012-10-05T17:06:18+00:00

so the teeth are stored line in the bone itself? What happens to the empty spaces after the teeth move?

fotoman · 2012-10-05T17:20:42+00:00

my son loves this photo. don't know how he'll react to losing his first tooth though....

Caserole · 2012-10-05T17:30:00+00:00

I saw this on the frontpage a few months ago and have been wary to avoid seeing this at all costs. You won.

A-CHINESE-GUY · 2012-10-05T17:30:14+00:00

Suddenly feel like doing this

ulgamoth · 2012-10-05T17:43:43+00:00

new hobby: feeling around children's mouths for adult teeth.

upwithwhich · 2012-10-05T18:03:14+00:00

Terrifying.

Eblan85 · 2012-10-05T18:35:24+00:00

Idk why I keep trying to find holes in my skull while I stare at this picture lol.

westernsociety · 2012-10-05T18:42:16+00:00

This makes my face feel weird...

Blaster395 · 2012-10-05T18:44:54+00:00

Now when can our biology stop being stupid and allow us to have more than two sets of teeth over the course of our life? Sure, it may suffice when life expectancy is only about 30, but times have changed in the last 5,000 years and now that life expectancy is entering the 80's, 2 sets just isn't enough.

1h8fulkat · 2012-10-05T18:47:18+00:00

Its a shame this kid had to die to get the pic.

tawke · 2012-10-05T18:51:28+00:00

It's alleged that Jimmy Saville liked it this way, apparently.

drempire · 2012-10-05T18:52:37+00:00

trypophobia? google search and still do not understand

SnakesTancredi · 2012-10-05T18:56:07+00:00

From what I can tell this means the best place to punch a child is right in the mouth since there's more bones. If my hypothesis is correct then my nephew should be able to walk it off. Be back in a sec.

tehnico · 2012-10-05T19:10:20+00:00

It's like a monster.

Corgibuttz · 2012-10-05T19:16:06+00:00

It makes me hate children even more.

shadowwork · 2012-10-05T19:17:41+00:00

Reminds me of those plants that don’t exist in real life, but every woman has in a decorative bowl on her coffee table.

sheldon_blue · 2012-10-05T19:20:36+00:00

can. not. unsee.

always_abort_it · 2012-10-05T19:27:49+00:00

Is...is the child going to be okay?

uptwolait · 2012-10-05T19:36:50+00:00

This kills the child.

jadebcmt · 2012-10-05T19:55:51+00:00

Imagine the orthodontic work..

supers0nic · 2012-10-05T20:12:11+00:00

Makes sense.

SeductiveHaboob · 2012-10-05T20:15:53+00:00

OP.... Did you murder a child for up votes?

Valdearg20 · 2012-10-05T20:19:32+00:00

That is so freaking cool. Not sure why people are scared of this. It's a totally natural process and amazing from a biological standpoint.

Kstau24 · 2012-10-05T20:26:55+00:00

...The teeth are above the bottom of the nose.... Dear god

neurotictothabone · 2012-10-05T20:34:56+00:00

Phobia is an irrational fear...I don't think there's anything irrational about hating the site of porous, unhealthy looking tissue...

patchsonic · 2012-10-05T20:35:21+00:00

Talk about your teeth crowding.

Sparked01 · 2012-10-05T20:39:27+00:00

I seriously gotta start re-posting shit.

raycluster · 2012-10-05T20:41:24+00:00

This is the most terrifying and disgusting thing I've ever seen. Nothing makes me want to puke like holes in tissue. I really don't care about open cut bodys or fungal ingections on genitals. But this is to much for me... Going to watch some kittens now.

mononudeosis · 2012-10-05T20:48:06+00:00

Creepiest part? Those unerupted teeth are housed in your dental crypt.

Ozzymandias · 2012-10-05T20:49:26+00:00

Had I been shown that before losing all my baby teeth, I would have freaked out...

tuck5649 · 2012-10-05T21:00:29+00:00

Thank you for not posting this in r/wtf.

shockhead · 2012-10-05T21:03:48+00:00

OH MY GOD I HATE IT I HATE IT

marvinzupz · 2012-10-05T21:05:02+00:00

I hope "No babies were hurt making this"

shittyusernameBAYbay · 2012-10-05T21:11:08+00:00

JESUS ON A STICK. This is so fucking horrible and scary to me and I can't even explain why.

YoureMyBoyBloo · 2012-10-05T21:17:00+00:00

They truly are fucking monsters.

Itssoohmygod · 2012-10-05T21:21:15+00:00

These photos are something I m never able to unsee. I am currently curled up pecking out these keys cos I feel so ill. TRUE PHOBIA DAMNIT.

My girlfriend is currently taking pictures of me to edit to attach little teeth inside of me. Jerk.

sardonicusmaxim · 2012-10-05T21:21:55+00:00

This is probably one of the more horrifying things I've. Ever. Seen.

Cerbius11 · 2012-10-05T21:24:53+00:00

First that video of the pregnant ladies baby pushing her stomach out. Now this.

Children are fucking scary, man.

apinney89 · 2012-10-05T21:25:30+00:00

What I learned from this photo: If you find yourself in a fight with a young child, aim for the chin. They have a weak jaw.

reptomin · 2012-10-05T21:37:59+00:00

Well technically this child's skull will NEVER lose baby teeth.

sindrit · 2012-10-05T21:52:29+00:00

Child skull without the outer layers sanded off http://www.boneclones.com/images/bc-116-lg.jpg

acerobertZ · 2012-10-05T22:00:37+00:00

That's just creepy.

StephensonB · 2012-10-05T22:04:24+00:00

I always knew babies were monsters.

neenween · 2012-10-05T22:07:18+00:00

We handle hundreds of dental x-rays in my department at work and we see this type of stuff in panoramas on occasion. The creepiest was a panorama for a kid who had a special orthodontic treatment plan; she had two sets of baby teeth. Her face looked like a freakin' shark's jaw; think this but with about 15 more teeth waiting to emerge

Cepheia · 2012-10-05T22:10:05+00:00

I have a need to see an infant's skull before baby teeth come in now.

cheapdvds · 2012-10-05T22:13:06+00:00

Did I just see 3 tooth stacked up in a row or one of them is just bone?

marker99099 · 2012-10-05T22:16:28+00:00

try this one

http://guy.com/2011/06/26/the-daily-harvest-baby-teeth/skull-of-a-child-growing-adult-teeth-e1308166496158/

penguinequalstrue · 2012-10-05T23:03:51+00:00

All I can think about it the child this was removed from...

lalita21 · 2012-10-05T23:13:20+00:00

My husband came home to tell me he was so scared by a picture he saw today on reddit, he told me he is going to have a bad night. I asked him what was the picture of? He said a skull, so I started looking for the picture... Then I look at him and I ask, what is wrong with this picture? I don't see anything scary about, he said it scared him ALOT.

guttRbunny · 2012-10-05T23:19:07+00:00

I am dying to pop out those extra teeth in the skull....my mouth is watering

ohcheesesrice · 2012-10-05T23:28:00+00:00

Although incredibly interesting, it makes me super sad to see the cavities in the kid's head.

postpit · 2012-10-05T23:43:39+00:00

Based on the stage of formation of the crown/roots of the permanent teeth I would say that this kid is only 4-5 years old. Source: I'm a biological anthropologist.

MeeHungLo · 2012-10-05T23:53:31+00:00

The human body is so cray cray.

Zombiep · 2012-10-06T00:09:09+00:00

How did they get babby skull?

patternmaker · 2012-10-06T00:18:55+00:00

bitebitebitebite

reloading

bitebitebitebite...

zlo2 · 2012-10-06T02:15:00+00:00

Damn Nature, You Scary!

isubscribetocatfacts · 2012-10-06T03:01:10+00:00

Was it tasty?

lexormint · 2012-10-06T03:50:56+00:00

That's nasty.

Geminii27 · 2012-10-06T05:17:44+00:00

TIL kids are maracas.

scott01019 · 2012-10-06T06:54:02+00:00

That's kind of creepy. lulz

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