Faint
04-25-03, 10:25
"Police in Paraguay have uncovered a scheme in which teeth stolen from dead bodies are being sold as new dentures.
Thieves raided cemeteries to steal the teeth, which they then sold on illegally to dental laboratories.
Dentists in the Assuncion area were buying the teeth, thinking they were laboratory made, and fitting them in patients' mouths."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_774234.html?menu=news.latestheadlines (excerpt)
I would have assumed that a dentist would be able to tell, there's got to be wear and staining on real teeth. I think under austere conditions I'd go with George Washington's wooden teeth myself.
Faint
Thieves raided cemeteries to steal the teeth, which they then sold on illegally to dental laboratories.
Dentists in the Assuncion area were buying the teeth, thinking they were laboratory made, and fitting them in patients' mouths."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_774234.html?menu=news.latestheadlines (excerpt)
I would have assumed that a dentist would be able to tell, there's got to be wear and staining on real teeth. I think under austere conditions I'd go with George Washington's wooden teeth myself.
Faint