tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post4886208386487336764..comments2024-03-07T12:57:35.296-05:00Comments on Varieties of Unreligious Experience: An Inconvenient ToothConrad H. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-37436782187351064082008-09-18T20:14:00.000-04:002008-09-18T20:14:00.000-04:00If you're serious about gold teeth, try Jordan. NO...If you're serious about gold teeth, try Jordan. NOt the young dentists of course, but if you look at some of the older women when they smile, they have had the incisors covered with gold. Personally I find it eerie.<BR/><BR/>The best way to find these women is by the tattoos on their faces. Typically they will have a horizontal line in the center of the chin, and some unique pattern on each cheek. I am told it's from the days when there were a lot of kidnappings of children and they wanted to identify the girls' tribe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-8134528303938411182008-09-18T07:40:00.000-04:002008-09-18T07:40:00.000-04:00Fashion statements are traditionally uncomfortable...Fashion statements are traditionally uncomfortable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-9809232333138648962008-09-17T18:40:00.000-04:002008-09-17T18:40:00.000-04:00Paul, yes, I have experienced the same pleasure on...Paul, yes, I have experienced the same pleasure on many occasions!<BR/><BR/>Arthur: Fashion statement, but I can't imagine it would be very comfortable!<BR/><BR/>Now you fellows mention it, I can't think of many teeth in art or sculpture. Chris, sorry to hear about your own bruxism / surgery. It is an awful process.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-30775546973873661212008-09-17T15:12:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:12:00.000-04:00The reason nothing comes to mind before 1800 is th...The reason nothing comes to mind before 1800 is that hardly any adults had teeth before then. Even the president of the United States had wooden prosthetic teeth. You should think of Jesus, for example, as being completely toothless when he died at thirty something. All those bible people were probably toothless, the same goes for William the Conquerer and Shakespeare. Not a full set between them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-40997222985173005202008-09-17T13:49:00.000-04:002008-09-17T13:49:00.000-04:00Suffering from mandibular agony, I was also diagno...Suffering from mandibular agony, I was also diagnosed with "nocturnal bruxism" -- and some kind of tooth guard was prescribed.<BR/><BR/>Knowing that I lead a carefree life, I disputed that diagnosis (only a frustrated villain grinds his teeth at night!) -- but as fate and coincidence would have it -- it turned out that one of my teeth had begun to split -- and eventually the oral surgeon had to remove the pieces. <BR/><BR/>Which is just to say -- that way too much time is spent in our world thinking about the teeth. <BR/><BR/>(though I think Ms. Roth has a beautiful set)<BR/><BR/>Regarding the history of teeth in sculpture -- they're something of a rarity -- I really can't think of anything in Europe before 1800 - and all that really comes to mind after that is the sickening smiles of Neapolitan children.chris millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-68536974158709433242008-09-17T12:30:00.000-04:002008-09-17T12:30:00.000-04:00Horses have teeth that continue to grow throughout...Horses have teeth that continue to grow throughout their lives and have to be filed down (what an idea). Why can't dentists find out the cause of this and do something to make our teeth keep growing. It could 1. stop tooth decay and, 2. be a fashion statement: long teeth, pointed teeth, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-89470136721773210012008-09-12T19:55:00.000-04:002008-09-12T19:55:00.000-04:00There should be a word reserved to express the del...There should be a word reserved to express the delight of discovering that an obscure but fascinating-sounding book is available in a Dover edition.Paul M. Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925737399903171837noreply@blogger.com