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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: biting aluminum foil
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Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 08:37:05 EST
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> Anybody knows what causes this strange feeling when
> one bites aluminum foil? (of course, by mistake!!)
> That can happen if, for example, you are eating a sandwich
> wrapped in aluminum and you are TOO hungry :-)
> The strange sensation at the teeth has something to do with existing fillings?
> Or not? Is it a chemical or electrical phenomenon?
> -- 

	My dentist told me that this is an electrical phenomenon caused
by the interaction of metal in your fillings, acid in your saliva and
the metal foil.

-- 
jcpatilla

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