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Reply Mon 8 Sep, 2008 05:39 pm
What happens to all the teeth that are extracted by our dental friends?
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Reply Tue 9 Sep, 2008 01:21 am
Don't we put them under our pillows and wait for the tooth fairy?


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There's RULES and such...they're biohazards and toxic waste!


http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/InfectionControl/faq/extracted_teeth.htm


http://www.dental.washington.edu/Safety/healthnsafety/Infection%20Control/wastemanage.htm

http://www.heepi.org.uk/virtual_campus/med_bp.html

https://decs.nhgl.med.navy.mil/4QTR07/QA/ic1.htm


http://www.jdentaled.org/cgi/reprint/65/11/1278.pdf
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Reply Tue 9 Sep, 2008 02:38 am
rhymer wrote:

What happens to all the teeth that are extracted by our dental friends?


Are they sold as spare body parts?
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Reply Mon 13 Oct, 2008 06:19 pm
Many thanks for the links!
I did think someone might criticise me for referring to dentists as 'dental friends', even though they really are such.
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