2006-06-28 02:37:30 · 16 answers · asked by Rangersraven 1 in Health ➔ Dental
The teeth are placed in the bio-hazard waste and then disposed of by the medical waste company. Sometimes the teeth are saved and placed in a solution of nutrients and sterilants and then given to the dental students so they can practice on these teeth.
2006-06-28 02:44:53 · answer #1 · answered by pinklilly 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but this question reminds me of my band teacher back in middle school. He kept a jar on his desk of teeth that students had lost during band. He'd been teaching for 20 years and that jar was BIG and FULL....there must have been hundreds, maybe thousands of teeth in there. Weird, eh?
2006-06-28 09:47:28 · answer #2 · answered by hhhh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dentist disposes of the teeth in the red biohazard bag in the office. Because they have blood and spit on them they are potentially hazardous.
2006-06-28 09:41:36 · answer #3 · answered by KELLY H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of them go into the medical waste bin. Some are saved and, after being sterilized, given to dental students for use in pre-clinical labs.
2006-06-28 09:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by ponyboy 81 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuck them in the garbage. Same with the doctors who amputate limbs or take out tumors or such.
They may incinerate it but it all gets thrown out.
2006-06-28 09:41:06 · answer #5 · answered by Lupin IV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make a fortune off the tooth fairy XD
If I had to guess, they throw them away if the patient doesn't want to keep them.
2006-06-28 09:40:35 · answer #6 · answered by Mysia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they use the calcium and send the teeth to a company that makes jello, ummmm.
2006-06-28 09:41:56 · answer #7 · answered by tazzz6413 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They put each & everyone of them in a sock and hope that a tooth fairy will visit them someday...ha-ha
2006-06-28 09:45:31 · answer #8 · answered by serpent_user 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always assumed they make necklaces out of them.
2006-06-28 09:40:35 · answer #9 · answered by Sydney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either they just throw them away, sometimes they put them with your file. and if you are a little kid they give them to you to put under your pillow. LOL! :)
2006-06-28 09:41:18 · answer #10 · answered by Katie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋