A lost tooth turning up in a child’s ear, and other peculiar reports in dental journals chew up this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams teams up with Harvard chemist Daniel Rosenberg, who gives dramatic readings and opinions, drawing on his own dental experience, his knowledge of chemistry and physics, and […]
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Podcast 83: Journeys of Toothbrushes
Toothbrushes journey — somehow, and other — to the depths in humanity, in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. SUBSCRIBE on Play.it, iTunes, or Spotify to get a new episode every week, free. This week, Marc Abrahams discusses medical reports about toothbrushes that mysteriously found their way into people’s stomachs and other deeply secret places. Harvard chemist Daniel Rosenberg gives dramatic readings and opinions: Toothbrush journey #1: “The Swallowing of […]
Grills, ‘Grillz’ and dental hygiene implications
“Some celebrities have been flashing more than clean, white teeth at their fans. Under the spotlight, the glint from their mouths comes from ‘grills’ or ‘grillz,’ decorative covers often made of gold, silver or jewel-encrusted precious metals that snap over one or more of their teeth.“ The quote comes from an article in The Journal […]
To drink smoothies if you have teeth, or not to…
Does one dare to drink a smoothie, if one has one or more teeth? A recent investigation bears on that question: “The effects of smoothies on enamel erosion: an in situ study,” Hanein Ali, D. Clin. Dent thesis, 2012, University of Leeds. The author reports: “Conclusion: Smoothies are acidic and have high TA levels. Innocent® […]
Lee Loveless: Vampire video for tooth care
The perhaps misleadingly-named Lee Loveless [pictured here] works for the UK’s National Health Service [NHS) in the city of Portsmouth. Loveless appears, in words only, in a BBC news report: Vampire video aims to help improve Portsmouth’s teeth A viral vampire video is at the centre of a new dental health campaign in Portsmouth. Inspired […]
A 2D face of 3D dental research
Science Illustrated describes 3D-imaging dental research conducted at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering. The profile features this attractive 2D-image:
Monkey flossing
Monkey flossing became a formal practice, at least experimentally, in the late 1970s, thanks to a dentist named Jack Caton. Twenty years later, a physician, David C Sokal, inspired by the monkey flossing, patented a top/bottom flossing-reminder and floss-dispensing device for humans. Monkeys themselves apparently began unassistedly flossing not long afterwards. But in all probability […]
Dental Paper Clips, Then and Now
A news report from Fall River, Massachusetts recalls a beloved dental study about a paper clip. The report in the Boston Globe, says: “A former Massachusetts dentist is accused of putting paper clips in patients’ mouths during root canals, then billing Medicaid for the stainless steel posts he should have used.” The classic study is: […]
A golden mean in your mouth
Dr Eddy Levin, of Harley Street in London, puts a golden ratio, not just golden teeth, into people’s mouths. Levin has been at this for a while. In 1978, he wrote a study called Dental Aesthetics and the Golden Proportion, which was published in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. The golden ratio is a special […]