I want to collect a complete set of adult human teeth, 32 teeth, for my study.
2006-11-18 08:27:57 · 12 answers · asked by flynariel 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
i'm thinking the dentist... they pull out teeth all the time!
2006-11-18 08:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have trouble extracting teeth from your local dentist (pun intended). It is still human tissue, and needs to be disposed of in a certain way. Why not have an inprint of your teeth made, that way you will have a compete set, but in plaster. You might also try a dental laboratory, where they make customised mouth guards, they may have a complete plaster set they no longer need.
2006-11-19 01:43:43 · answer #2 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you are doing an in-depth study, your best and really only options are to a) "borrow" a set from medical libraries or b) buy them yourself. Medical and chiropractic schools have sets of bones, including full sets of teeth, that are donated by people who choose donate their body to science after they die. In learning centers or libraries of these programs they have teeth on reserve that you can "sign out" like books and study. The latter option is to buy a set yourself online from medical catalogs that are ridiculously expensive (yes, they are legal and do exist.) Collecting one or two teeth from your friends is probably not going to help you much.
2006-11-21 00:20:52 · answer #3 · answered by cookiesrme 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
send me you enmail and i'l send you my lawyers's name. you can have his.
You would have to have a volunteer, or see a dentist. all dentists (especially those who rountinely pull teeth as in some dential clinics) have a plentiful supply weekly and I am sur esoemof them would give you some. If you asked for permission or volunteers from his patients.
Just call a lot of them and I am sure one of them will oblidge you.
Some of thse dential clinics specialize in teeth pulling only and always have hundreds a week on hand which they throw out.
2006-11-19 00:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a dentist and ask him to ask him to ask his next patient who wants to get fake teeth put in and their real teeth pulled out if they want to donate them.
2006-11-18 16:36:18 · answer #5 · answered by itsALICE! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your local dentist. They remove teeth for people about to get dentures. Iam not sure if you can get full sets but you can get singles.
2006-11-18 16:32:07 · answer #6 · answered by tabrjim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is all about competitive pricing. offer more than the tooth fairy and I am sure you can have as many teeth as you want. maybe go through a fourth grade teacher or something
2006-11-19 11:11:57 · answer #7 · answered by ninja cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Local Dentist is the best bet he should have old people visiting him for dentures put your requirement early and he should oblige.
2006-11-19 10:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by Panzerleader 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the parking lot at a biker bar
2006-11-18 23:13:07 · answer #9 · answered by PoppaJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A baseball bat and a couple of politicians, you can take out two birds with one stone.
2006-11-18 16:35:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋