How come out brains are so wonderfully constructed and our teeth are not?

After millions of years of evolution we still get toothache and bad teeth. Yet there is no evolutionary reason for it. I can understand why you feel pain in your hands--it stops you putting your finger in the fire. But what on earth use is toothache?





Sharks have a much better deal than humans--they grow new teeth when the old ones wear out.





NB this isn't a Creationist argument. Toothache would make no more sense from a Creationist point of view than from an evolutionary one.

How come out brains are so wonderfully constructed and our teeth are not?
Well we have just as many problems with our brains as our teeth. I have good teeth and have no problems with them. Lots of people have problems with their brains, look at all of the mental problems, headaches, and accidents that hurt your brain as well. Also if you take care of your teeth every day you wont get a tooth ache unless your teeth are crooked.
Reply:Toothache makes perfect sense from a creationists viewpoint.


Teeth and brain were originally created perfect but since the fall have been degraded. In fact the whole of the universe is 'groaning'.





Our teeth are amazingly designed and by and large last us a life time.





I'd say that our brains are also less able than they used to be. We still don't know how people built the pyramids, and how sacsahuaman was built - rocks weighing 20,000 tonnes that we could not life and move even today.





Our teeth and brains are clearly wonderfully designed - but degraded.





PS Please do share your evidence that teeth have evolved from anything at all. Plenty of fossil teeth out there, so qwhere are the fossil 'not quite teeth yet'?
Reply:i dont know
Reply:teeth, when exposed to bacteria, rot and as a result you get toothaches and bad teeth . The brain, when exposed to bacteria rots too. but because the body is designed to defend the brain from bacteria through a filter called the brain/blood barrier, it doesn't happen often. as long as there are germs that eat us, we will continue to have health problems.
Reply:Our brains stay in better shape then our teeth because we actually use our teeth.





Note to Chas_chas_123: If you want the "almost-tooth", take a look at shark teeth and shark scales. They are almost identical.
Reply:Teeth are wonderfully constructed. Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body.


Teeth were just never intended to last as long as humans now live. Humans originally only needed to survive long enough to reproduce and raise young. Teeth also struggle to cope with our modern, high sugar diet.



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