23 September 2025

"Coyote tooth dentures"

Coyote tooth dentures on display at Eastern California Museum. These human dentures were made by melting celluloid toothbrush handles. In the early 1900′s a man who lost his teeth shaped melted toothbrushes to his gums, and then pressed the teeth of dead coyote into them." 

Reposted from 2016 while I visit the dentist today.  The photo and text are from a Tumblr site that has undergone linkrot, but I found the same information reposted at The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things

4 comments:

  1. I imagine some old duffer eating corn on the cob while a toothless coyote has to put squirrels in a blender.

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    1. Toothbrush handles. The irony. The universe is a strange place.

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  2. *heaves* impressed by the creator's doggedness (pun intended)

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  3. I think it's genius!

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