The “Age of the Tooth” began around the middle of the 21st century,
when dental researchers decided to apply genetic magnification to removed molars, simply for educational purposes. This way, dentistry students could have a much closer look at the structure and composition of teeth, and practice techniques and treatments that they will eventually perform on live, normal-sized-teeth patients.
At one point, so many teeth were enlarged that they began to sell them as centerpieces for parks, museums and other uses. Some of them ended up in strange places, like the one depicted here. Some areas were literally littered with them, hence the coining of this period as the “Tooth Age”.
As suddenly as it began, it ended, when regulators decided to step in and control the supply of magnified molars. Some people kept them as ornamental pieces for their garden, while others used the many holes drilled into them for a bouldering wall. The teeth have this uncanny ability to attract damage (like birds pecking into it, dogs peeing on it and people drilling the enamel for their private collections), as if they wanted to get hurt, in order to get the professional help of a dentist.
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