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  2. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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    Such injuries can occur while lifting teeth (typically the inferior alveolar), but are most commonly caused by inadvertent damage with a surgical drill. Such injuries are rare and are usually temporary, but depending on the type of injury (i.e., Seddon classification: neuropraxia, axonotmesis, & neurotmesis), can be prolonged or even permanent ...

  3. Forensic dentistry - Wikipedia

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    Teeth can be used to create a DNA profile in order to identify unknown deceased individuals. Dentin and enamel provide a resistant and protective surface that houses the dental pulp which is located under the enamel and dentin layers in the center of the tooth, which contains the nerves and blood supply as well. [ 82 ]

  4. Tooth ablation - Wikipedia

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    A BaTonga woman with extracted front teeth, for beauty purposes. Tooth ablation (also known as tooth evulsion , dental evulsion and tooth extraction ) is the deliberate removal of a person's healthy teeth , and has been recorded in a variety of ancient and modern societies around the world.

  5. Lists of unusual deaths - Wikipedia

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    The French king died as a result of striking his head on the lintel of a door while on his way to watch a game of real tennis. [16]: 105 [79] [80] Victims of the 1518 dancing plague: July 1518: Several people died of either heart attacks, strokes or exhaustion during a dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (Holy Roman Empire). [23 ...

  6. Medical torture - Wikipedia

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    The theme of the 2009 horror film The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is that of a sadistic, psychopathic retired surgeon torturing three people by surgically connecting them mouth to rectum, forcing the last two to swallow the excrement of the person in front of them and physically beating all three of them if they try to rebel or escape.

  7. List of deaths from legal euthanasia and assisted suicide

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    Assisted suicide is often confused with euthanasia. In cases of euthanasia the physician administers the means of death, usually a lethal drug. In assisted suicide, it is required that the person voluntarily expresses their wish to die, and also makes a request for medication for the purpose of ending their life.

  8. Fact check: Social media users confuse Shriners Hospitals ...

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    The claim: Shriners Hospitals for Children patient ambassador Kaleb died. After years of fundraising, Shriners Hospitals for Children patient ambassador Kaleb-Wolf De Melo Torres has become a ...

  9. Tooth loss - Wikipedia

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    Tooth loss is normal for deciduous teeth (baby teeth), when they are replaced by a person's adult teeth. Otherwise, losing teeth is undesirable and is the result of injury or disease, such as dental avulsion, tooth decay, and gum disease. The condition of being toothless or missing one or more teeth is called edentulism. Tooth loss has been ...