Seems like statistically, each year a certain number of people would be vibrated to death by malfunctioning sonic showers.
this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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Not to mention all the horny people who go deaf taking a "high frequency" sonic shower.
In ds9 it is mentioned they seal teeth in. Wich prevents any degradation.
But not bad breath?
They didn't mention it....
You gotta belive not. All that residue there, prime for bacteria attack...
I've not actually tried a modern sonic shower so I'll take your word for the limitations of them as things stand and guess they've figured out how to make them work effectively in the next few hundred years.
I think the Ferengi we see have excellent teeth, by Ferengi standards. you can see they've working hard to look after them, rather than trying to look like hoomans.
In-universe explanation: they’re advanced enough to be able to kill, dissolve, and sonically motivate bacteria and dirt - even in pores. This would leave you incredibly clean. Remember: they’ve got transporters. They reconstruct you from an energy beam in a split second, not noticeably disrupting your perception of consciousness. Sonic-shower precision like that would be considered child’s play.
So if I was in a rush, I could just transport myself across the room, but leave all the dirt and oil behind?
With some of the transporter specific jargon heard throughout the shows, I suspect it's possible, but would take some modifications to the targeting scanners to separate the crud from the person. Like how they separated Tuvok and Neelix from each other in Tuvix.
Tuvix was exceuted!
I'm familiar with enough transportation duplication accidents, where it seems entirely plausible to duplicate people. They just don't do it for politeness? For Tuvix I think they should have tried to duplicate him, and then murder one of the duplicates. Then you have three crew members
I just can't imagine section 31, not taking the opportunity to duplicate diplomats, and high ranking officials, when they get transported, and then torturing the duplicate for information.....
If you have transporters a lot of problems become super easy
Schlock Mercenary is a webcomic that actually handles that exact situation regarding the duplicates for torture information. It can be considered a Space Opera like star trek, but with mercenaries.