* Families hail dentists who cared for prison inmates Feb 1, 2008
However, Huang said, there is great demand for false teeth among Taiwanese prisoners there ... He said that as some prisoners had been practically disowned by their families as a result of being in jail for between 20 and 30 years, they had difficulty financing the provision of false teeth. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
SICA display celebrates Pogues life Jan 25, 2008
One day at a function the top half of her false teeth popped out of her mouth and bounced out. But she laughed about it. (Brownstown Jackson County Banner, IN)
Some stocks never lose value Jan 21, 2008
"Just like my false teeth, I always have a scanner with me," he said. That dedication recently earned Stocks the Pitt County Fireman Association's Volunteer Fireman of the Year Award. (The Daily Reflector)
The great dentistry rip-off: time to bite back Jan 13, 2008
" The DCS tracked Mrs Alldis's dentist down to a practice in Kent. After prolonged correspondence ... a payout of 3,800 was arranged for Mrs Alldis, which will go towards a set of false teeth. Mrs Alldis, 62, of Bognor Regis, said: "The fees for dentists are bad enough without having to take them on. Lay people. (Independent)
Crematory families may never find closure Jan 13, 2008
Testing found none of that, but did turn up two emerald earrings, false teeth, a surgical screw and a clip from a back of a bra. Dawn Ellis was not wearing or possessing any of those items when at 46, she lost her fight with cancer, Ellis said. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Officials to meet with owners of burned Hyde Park businesses Jan 8, 2008
Longtime resident Tom Keenan said he was happy just to get his false teeth back - frozen in the glass where he had left them before he fled the fire "with my slippers, my lounging pajamas, and the Bacardi and Coke I was drinking," he said. "Tom got his choppers back!" a neighbor crowed jubilantly at the news of his success. (Boston Globe)
Pick your favorite Jan 3, 2008
The manager then removed the false teeth from his mouth and told his former employee that he was wasting his time. Nude, and loving it For the second time in the past few weeks, a 67-year-old woman was found walking naked in the 5800 block of Southeast Riverboat Drive, south of Stuart. (The Palm Beach Post)
News in brief Dec 20, 2007
An artificial leg, a glass eye and false teeth have also been mislaid by guests at Holiday Inns this year. The blow-up sheep and a monk's habit were left in south-eastern hotels. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Javy a no-risk signing; best CDs of 2007 Dec 19, 2007
Actually saw a man drop his false teeth over the fence in the picnic area onto the dirt on the field, lean over as trying to catch a foul ground ball, Pick up his teeth rinse them off with a beer put them back in his mouth never missing a beat. By Braveheart. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Poinsett County woman offers jewels of hope Dec 15, 2007
There s a girl in Marked Tree who needs false teeth, she said. We re hoping the Lord will help provide those for her. (Tri-City Tribune, AR)
Vineyard in the Alps Nov 30, 2007
Out went the dairy farming and in came the false teeth factories. Liechtenstein proudly boasts that it is the world's leading exporter of dentures, as well it might. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
COLUMN: EIU's Bill Perry walks on water & changes beer into grape juice Nov 16, 2007
I once read about a motorist who dropped his false teeth on the floor of his van. He must have really loved those choppers. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws' Nov 7, 2007
Women in Vermont must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth (6%). In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits (5%). (BBC News)
Answers to credit woes are not in black and white Nov 7, 2007
I am mighty proud to say that this mexican day labourer BIG GULP slurper crackpipe debbieturd for some weird, inexplicable reason hates me way more than it hates U. The reason why the greasy mexican illegals luv debbieturd so much is it takes its false teeth out EVERY single TIME. snigger snigger. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Wayo Seini Supports Akuffo-Ado Oct 26, 2007
The arguments so far from our presidential aspirants have centred on ethnicity, religion, youthfulness and other trivial issues including false teeth ... Suitability has nothing to do with cash, height, weight, beauty, handsomeness or false teeth. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The election debate Oct 22, 2007
I thought he was going to spit out his false teeth or have a stroke ... You see this in elderly people whose gums have shrunk and lost suction on their false teeth. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Mighty Boosh Oct 21, 2007
False teeth in hand, he looks less wild animal, more exhausted new father. Oh God,' he says, trying to summon up some energy. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bury me with my phone, just in case Oct 18, 2007
Others were related to appearance, such as being buried naked "as they came into the world" or with their false teeth in. Top eight most common requests. (iAfrica.com)
Dental health gets spotlight at conference Oct 16, 2007
Lauren, who displayed the photograph on a large screen during her presentation, said she was teased relentlessly about her false teeth as a young woman. Her classmates tossed boxes of Efferdent denture cleaner at her as she rode the bus to school, she said. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Hospital eyed in veterans' deaths Oct 13, 2007
- Bob Shank was in good spirits as he awaited gallstone-removal surgery at a veterans hospital in August, laughing as he handed his wife his false teeth for safekeeping. If the 50-year-old Air Force veteran had any worries, it was whether his wife would be able to understand the postoperative instructions from his surgeon, Dr. Jose Veizaga-Mendez, a Bolivian-trained physician with a thick accent. (MSNBC -- Health)
Surgeon scrutinized in patient deaths Oct 13, 2007
- Bob Shank was in good spirits as he awaited gallstone-removal surgery at a veterans hospital in August, laughing as he handed his wife his false teeth for safekeeping. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News)
False Teeth Retrieved from Throat in New Zealand Oct 8, 2007
A team of New Zealand doctors who misplaced an elderly patient's false teeth during surgery found them four days later - lodged down his throat ... But somehow, the false teeth managed to get back into the man's mouth, though no one admitted to putting them there and, according to a nurse, there was "no way" the heavily sedated man could have put them back himself. (MedIndia)
Doctors Lose Man's False Teeth In His Throat Oct 6, 2007
Doctors in New Zealand lost a man's false teeth during his back surgery but found them four days later, stuck in his throat ... But somehow, the report said, the false teeth got back into the heavily sedated man's mouth. (WTKR.com, VA)
Dental policy failure shows Opposition is still teething Sep 26, 2007
At the Westmead dental hospital, for instance, people with no teeth of their own and no false teeth are supposed to be treated within three months - but they can wait up to 21/5 years. The Opposition's sales pitch has to be that federal Labor would be better than state Labor at running health. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Pirates scuffle over captured captain Sep 24, 2007
In tattered clothes and with rotten-looking false teeth, Hall looked the part. He was later captured by the female pirates and taken aboard their one-masted vessel. (Washington Daily News, NC)
* World News Quick Take Sep 23, 2007
UNITED STATES False teeth stolen A man accused of snatching another man's false teeth straight from his mouth during a fight has been charged with robbery in Yorktown, Indiana ... During the fight, Stahl allegedly put Townsend in a headlock and removed his false teeth. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
He's Going To Need A Legal Retainer Sep 22, 2007
Man Accused of Stealing False Teeth. Article:Man Accused of Stealing False Teeth:/n/a/2007/09/21/national/a063713D04 ... DTL Article:Man Accused of Stealing False Teeth:/n/a/2007/09/21/national/a063713D04. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Which teams will show up? Sep 22, 2007
BAMA WILL LOSE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE TO BUSY LOOKING FOR THEIR FALSE TEETH ON THE FIELD. DAWGS WIN 34-17. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Japanese retirees have money, but few markets Sep 17, 2007
When located in areas dominated by seniors, they offer hair dye, false teeth cleansers and flowers to place on graves as well as fresh vegetables. Some also have areas for people to sit and chat, massage chairs and machines to check blood pressure. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
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I ve got sores on my teeth from the chemotherapy and now I can t even wear my false teeth, she laughed. But things seem to be coming around. (Devils Lake Daily Journal, ND)
Culture change needed to protect the elderly, say MPs Aug 15, 2007
Others were roughly handled by staff, deprived of their glasses, hearing aids or false teeth and discharged despite their frailty. The Age Concern charity estimates that 500,000 older people in Britain suffer neglect or psychological, physical and financial abuse at any one time, although not all of this abuse occurs in health care. (Independent)
China drinks its milk Aug 8, 2007
How is it that the people that were telling us that milk was so good for you in the fifties, are now saying the same thing through false teeth. In my view this is just another boost for already a billion pound industry, that the human food chain does'nt need nor are ower digestive systems designed to take. (BBC News -- UK)
BNP link' pair free on bomb charge Jul 13, 2007
Cottage told the jury he planned to use the chemicals to clean his false teeth, unblock drains and protect himself against bird flu. Jackson, who was not a BNP member but attended party meetings with Cottage, told the court he was apolitical and did not share his friend's views on an impending civil war. (Manchester Evening News)
Seniors flock to the web Jul 7, 2007
" The Philadelphia-based group works to simplify Internet use for those age 65 and older, Dichter said, offering software to libraries and senior centers -- anything to get older people over unfamiliar barriers. AARP offers many courses -- including a driver safety program -- on its Web site, in addition to listings of help centers, medical assistance and prescription information. On a recent weekday morning at a Maryland library, a group of seniors was online, practicing finding legal, medical... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Older, wiser -- and wired Jul 2, 2007
"Computers really are the greatest assistance device since false teeth," she told the class. The classes at the Aberdeen branch are hands-on, and the instructors give as much individualized attention as possible, Wollon said. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
Colombian Finds Cocaine In Dentures Jun 30, 2007
(AP) A sharp-eyed airport inspector foiled a plot to ship 20 pounds of cocaine to Panama when he discovered the drugs stuffed inside sets of false teeth. The boxes of druggy dentures seized Friday at Bogota's El Dorado Airport contained about $300,000 worth of pure cocaine, Colombian police said in a statement. (CBS News)
Cops find drugs stashed in dentures Jun 30, 2007
A sharp-eyed airport inspector foiled a plot to ship nine kilograms of cocaine to Panama when he discovered the drugs stuffed inside sets of false teeth. The druggy dentures seized at Bogota's El Dorado Airport contained about $US300,000 ($A350,000) worth of pure cocaine, Colombian police said in a statement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Wastewater treatment plant to receive upgrade Jun 20, 2007
When it enters the first stage the bar screen the muck contains anything flushed down a toilet or otherwise entered into the sewer, such as 2x4s, plastic buckets, rags and even false teeth. These must be removed. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Inside look at Hershey Park Jun 18, 2007
"There's been some false teeth," Underkoffler said. "And once, and I'll never forget this, there was a prosthetic leg. No joke.". (Carroll County Times, MD)
Community remembers James Harvey Jun 14, 2007
Many more stories of office pranks and good-humored tricks abound, such as the time when Harvey waved his false teeth at a busload of boys, or the time he had flowers delivered to his colleague who was attending a straight-laced, suit-and-tie, machine industry convention. One of his two sons, Steve Harvey, is working in Chicago, Ill. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Try this to hold onto your teeth Jun 13, 2007
After visiting numerous dentists and buying three different sets of false teeth during a six-year span, Steiner, 72, still couldn't keep his bottom denture from sliding around his mouth ... Mini denture implants won't change the jawbone -- or the way the false teeth move around ... When denture wearers experience bone loss, they can end up with sores where the false teeth rub their mouth, Salapack said. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
Baltimore: A landscape of patriotism, boats and baseball Jun 6, 2007
Will one ever think the same of national hero George Washington after seeing his false teeth. There are a legion of good places to eat in Baltimore. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Marian's Attic volunteers find unexpected treasures May 31, 2007
I guess one of the funniest things I've seen were the false teeth that showed up in one bag. But so much of what we get is beautiful. (Doylestown Central Bucks Life, PA)
* Taiwan Quick Take May 29, 2007
Health Dentist warns on dentures Dentures made with cheap metal will harm their wearers in the long term, a dentist warned yesterday amid reports that many local dentists use poor quality false teeth made in China. Hsu Chi-chih, a dentist and associate professor at the Chung Shan Medical University in Taichung, said that false teeth used to be made with alloy and covered with a porcelain or ceramic crown to make them look like real teeth ... The alloy used for the inner part of false teeth is... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Great pretender May 23, 2007
" Many of Olivier's peers are also lauded The same criticisms followed him like some bird of ill omen. Olivier was said to be stagey, hammy, affected, overly physical. He lacked emotion, relied on wigs, false teeth and noses. Jonathan Miller who directed Olivier in The Merchant of Venice says, "he started with a lot of make-up, I think he wanted the classical Jewish nose". Olivier recalled that Miller exhorted him "for God's sake, take that nose off," which he did, in exchange for greater... (BBC News -- UK)
Success 'R' us, say Jersey lawmakers May 19, 2007
A survey by Pennzoil Marine of about 2,500 attendees at a recent fishing show in Alabama found that among the items the anglers had landed were false teeth, drums, lawn chairs, shopping carts, lawn mowers, a refrigerator door, a ladder, a bobcat, a peacock, owls. and four dead bodies. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Wooten on the GOP debate May 17, 2007
Then you can join that nonentity Yolanda what s her name that few folks have ever heard of and gnash your dingy yeller ebonics spoutin false teeth together together in racial spoils hell. NO one hates black bubbaturd, that s just another ebonics lie - its simply a sensible, if somewhat muted reaction to yet more despicable pointless nauseating pandering to racial spoils blacks by the AJC. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
* Sex with pizza, crow vomit and bug excrement May 12, 2007
He would frequently end an evening by climbing on a table, removing his false teeth and declaring, "I am Tony Millionaire!". The name is a pseudonym of course, though a former girlfriend used to claim it came from an Old French term meaning "owner of 1,000 serfs." Millionaire X or Scott Richardson, as he used to be known X actually lifted it from an I Dream of Jeannie episode and printed it on a label for a party he attended in 1981. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Saint's got drug dealers' backs May 12, 2007
At the shrine, visitors have been known to leave hair, cigarettes, false limbs, false teeth and drugs sometimes as thanks after a successful run. "Everybody has their patron saints," Lehtinen says. (Las Vegas Sun)
Rebecca Mead: Wedding spending for that "one perfect day," American-style May 11, 2007
On his table is a set of false teeth next to an oversize martini glass filled with chocolate kisses. "This is a kiss from me," Skinner says, handing out a candy. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
More of this story May 10, 2007
To prove it, she pulled up a digital photograph of her grandfather lying in his hospital bed, hooked to the oxygen supply he needs to sustain his life, proudly modeling a grotesquely realistic set of yellowed, snaggly, gag false teeth. "One time, when he was in the hospital for surgery and his face was really swollen on one side from cancer, he waited until the nurse had given him a shot. He put in a set of those big red wax lips and hit the call button," she said smiling at the memory. (Andalusia Star News, AL)
Battling for every move (11/24/1995) May 5, 2007
Ricci doesn't wear his false teeth when he plays. Don't worry,'' Erik told his mom. (Anchorage Daily News)
Too hot to handle May 4, 2007
One evening, I served an elderly lady, who had come out without putting her false teeth in ... After she'd gone, I turned to the bar manager working beside me, and launched into a tirade, saying how disgusting and repulsive it was that people didn't wear their false teeth like they're supposed to. (BBC News -- UK)
French Hate Themselves More Than Americans Apr 30, 2007
Bean performed denture fittings and made false teeth in his garage, charging just $200 for a full set of dentures, a procedure that typically costs more than $2,000, authorities said. But he was not licensed to practice in Florida. (Fox News)
How half of dentists turn their backs on NHS patients Apr 30, 2007
"One 80-year-old woman who came to me needed teeth taking out and new false teeth putting in. "She was told that would cost between 500 and 800 to have done privately - because she can't get an NHS dentist. " Researchers from Which? posing as potential patients contacted 466 dentists. The survey showed the worst area for access was the North West, where only 13 per cent of dentists are taking on NHS patients. Following closely behind were Yorkshire and the Humber on 15 per cent, and 16 per... (Daily Mail)
Delta College growing pains Apr 29, 2007
Does their dental plan cover their false teeth and whitening. " travlin toys wrote on April 28, 2007 7:44 AM:"If the deltabots pay 16 million for the land to build the Delta Lodi campus and another million or two for remnant parcels,commissins,consultants,finders fees and environmental engineering there certainly won't be much left of the 22 million (Lodi's piece of the pie). (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Interview: Mark Gatiss on the Vesuvius Club Apr 27, 2007
Out of the mist of the Wicklow mountains, The League of Gentlemen's demon butcher squelches through the bog, plopping out his false teeth as he walks ... The most interesting thing about the book is that, aside from the old newspaper adverts lining its cover ("We buy old or disused false teeth"), the beau monde of Lucifer Box could not be further from the suffocation of Royston Vasey. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Who Did She Beat Out? Apr 26, 2007
Roger Bean, 60, performed denture fittings and made false teeth in his garage, charging just $200 for a full set of dentures, a procedure that typically costs more than $2,000, authorities said. Palm Beach County Sheriff's detective Don Zumpano said there were "health risks with operating this type of facility outside of your house," adding that Bean's workspace was "filthy.". (Fox News)
Palm Beach County man arrested for making false teeth without a license Apr 25, 2007
He did fittings and made false teeth for older people who couldn't afford a dentist, and didn't charge them, accepting only donations. LocalLinks. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Tiny drug dispensers Apr 5, 2007
False teeth may dispense drugs someday - More Health News - MSNBC.com ... False teeth of the future could dispense drugs. (MSNBC -- Health)
Quick Guide and Transcript Mar 29, 2007
Exner triumphed over his adversary and recovered the false teeth. Goodbye. (CNN -- Education)
Grandmother: Injured man spent money improperly Mar 15, 2007
Burgess, who lives in Lawrenceburg, said she took sole control of an account set up for donations at Lawrenceburg National Bank after realizing that Harp Jr. had used a portion of the donated money to purchase items for a friend with whom he is living in Winchester, including a portion of the cost for a set of false teeth, clothing for her and her children, movies, dinners and a variety of other items. Burgess, who has a power of attorney document which states that Harp Jr. is not able to make... (Lawrenceburg Anderson News, KY)
A sympathetic sisterhood Mar 11, 2007
She expressed tremendous truths in doggerel and asked to be excused her soppy exhibitionism before reminding readers that her first anecdote in the magazine had been about her false teeth, and offering a sequel. She was dead before the edition was posted. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Infotainment Feb 24, 2007
A Romanian woman needed medical help after she swallowed her lovers false teeth during a moment of passion. The 38-year-old woman, from Galati, went to hospital with stomach pains claiming she had swallowed a foreign object but without saying what it was. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
5,000-year-old artificial eyeball found Feb 24, 2007
A 5,000-year-old golden artificial eye that once stared out mesmerisingly from the face of a female soothsayer or priestess in ancient Persia has been unearthed by Iranian and Italian archaeologists. The eyeball the earliest artificial eye found would have transfixed those who saw it, convincing them that the woman thought to have been strikingly tall had occult powers and could see into the future, archaeologists said. (Yahoo News -- Anthropology and Archaeology)
