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If there were a commercial for Dentics on Earth, the slogan would be "Evolution's solution to tooth decay!"

These little creatures are about the size & shape of caterpillars and look just about as appetizing. If my good buddy D'Argo hadn't cornered me, pried open my mouth, and shoved a squirming Dentic in, I never would've known what I was missing.

[ DENTICS ]

As disgusting as it seemed at the time, I have to admit, the Dentic gave me the best brush I ever had. Sorry Oral-B.

D'Argo told me that they were feeding off the undigested food particles in my mouth. Nice life.

It makes sense though. With so many different species in the universe, the variety of mouths & teeth (or whatever passes for them) must be staggering. Trying to devise one tool to clean them all would have been impossible. But the Dentics adapt to whatever mouth they're placed in. It's shrink-to-fit tooth care.

There are two other things to note about Dentics. First: don't ever swallow a Dentic. And second: that fresh minty aftertaste that's left in your mouth after using a Dentic? I don't even want to think about where that comes from.