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A TITAN TOOTH German dentist Max Lukas has been awarded the Guinness World Record for extracting the longest ever tooth. The Offenbach clinician was stunned when he pulled a 3.72cm tooth from a Croatian patient suffering pain from a swollen upper jaw.


REPAIR JOB Scientists from Zhejiang University in China believe they have finally cracked the problem of repairing tooth enamel, using cheap materials that can be prepared on a large scale. They found a way to produce tiny clusters of calcium phosphate which should be able to fuse onto natural enamel. The team hope to conduct human trials within two years.


NO SALE An attempt to auction off one of King Edward VIII’s wisdom teeth has ended in disappointment. The grandson of dentist Dr Hugh Johnson, who extracted the tooth in 1940, had hoped to get £10,000.


Dr Johnson was quoted


as saying the duke had been “highly strung” and “jumpy” during the procedure.


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FROM THE MUSEUM


In the 19th century most chemists produced their own brand of toothpowder. This was usually a solid block in an earthenware pot with a decorated paper label bearing the


maker’s credentials. By the 1850s printed pots had taken over and in the 1860s domed lids became the fashion. With this powder, dating from 1901, the pink colour came from the areca nut rather than cherries.


CROSSWORD


ACROSS 1. Often paired with bolts (4) 3. Porcelain manufacturer (8) 9.


Justify (7)


10. Proportion (5) 11. Filled choux pastry balls (12) 13. Hold in place (6) 15. Circle around nipple (6) 17. … and dance? (4,3,5) 20. ____ MacGowan, former Pogues vocalist (5)


21. Relating to the skull (7) 22. TV physicist with good teeth (5,3) 23. Abnormal front teeth (4)


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1. Orwell’s language of propaganda (8) 2. Forced induction device (colloq.) (5) 4. ______ Rantzen, former That’s Life presenter (6)


5. Sweary cook with dentures (6,6) 6. Zipping around (2,3,2) 7. Double acts (4) 8. Swollen blood vessel, usually in leg (8,4) 12. Tartar (8) 14. Indian flatbread (7) 16. Person of limited intelligence (slang) (6)


18. Facial expression denoting pleasure (5)


19. Charity for feathered friends (abbr.) (4)


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