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Sensitive Teeth? Blame This Fish
Season 8
Episode 12
If you’ve ever experienced dental pain, you've probably wondered why our teeth would evolve to function like an oversensitive alarm system. To find the answer, we have to go way back to when teeth first evolved, as part of the armored skin of ancient fish.
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