Eli5: why is when a bone shatters it can rebuild itself but when a tooth gets a hole in it it just keeps eating away at it

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Eli5: why is when a bone shatters it can rebuild itself but when a tooth gets a hole in it it just keeps eating away at it

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Lots of good answers: in very simple terms, teeth are dead, bones are alive. there are no cells in your enamel – it’s no more living than a plastic set of halloween teeth.

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