Why do teeth need so many painful nerves?

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Why do they need nerves at all when they’re just for chomping? Would surely be better without them.

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The same reason we have nerves in our fingertips and buttocks; so we can be aware when something has gone wrong or we’ve made contact with something bad. We need to know when we’ve bitten into something too hard or recognize pain from things like inflammation or infection.

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