Why do teeth don't regenerate?

Granixo@feddit.cl to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 167 points –

Seems pretty dumb in our biological design to not be able to regenerate such a functional (and also easily breakable) part of our body.

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Because our design is not particularly intelligent ...

Edit: Scientific proof of my thesis:

As compared to?

“Intelligent design” is the term Young-Earth Creationists use when they want to sound smart while questioning evolution as powered by natural selection.

Source: My childhood and teen years.