My Uncle Ursury died pushing 80 will a full set of chompers, minus his wisdom teeth. His dentist, from what I heard, actually credited his dental health to the fact that he always had a mouth full a Red Man moving around, not giving plaque a chance to adhere. Rural legend maybe, but I wasn't gonna argue ...[/QUOTE]
My dad had a friend who grew up as a young boy in Europe somewhere in the boonies, he chewed all his life, Copenhagen or the equivalent. His name was Pete Gardy, a tailor by trade. Anyways, he had a set of chompers on him that would put Hollywood stars to shame, the biggest, straightest, whitest teeth you ever saw, and he never had one cavity. That was likely due to genetics and maybe natural flouride in the water where he grew up. No cavities from that generation of people is pretty rare. His car was full of little tiny shreds of Copenhagen, stuck all over the dash, on the floor, the widow and radio knobs, it was sort of funny, I remember my dad talking about that when I was a kid. My dad never chewed but he called it "chewbac".