Hmm, maybe I should've left it in. You know, for reality's sake (I doubt many pirates have floss). And then I should've take it a step further, and cloned it into all my teeth! I mean, I think a pirate with good dental hygiene would get laughed off the plank.
Hypothesis: Amount of tooth gunk is proportionate to how good a pirate you are.
... umm, I think I crossed a line somewhere back there, and I apologize.