YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TOOTH!

That thing didn't just pop out on its own. My guess is that it was left there intentionally to gross people out.

Can't you people recognize performance art when you encounter it?

Almost definitely not a wisdom tooth (probably a lower first molar). But yeah, looks like the dentist-extracted teeth I've seen.

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This is not a human tooth at all. It appears to be canine or am I just missing the two pronged teeth from my mouth? If I am missing those kind of teeth it might explain some things I've been wondering about the rest of you.

@8 or rather myself! Ah ha, I have been looking at it upside down. I still have never seen a pulled tooth that looks exactly like that and I am still stating not human.

Oh, it's human alright. A pretty classic-looking molar.

As a dentist, I can tell you a couple things about this tooth:
1) Definitely human. It's a lower right first- or second molar from a fully grown adult.
2) Almost definitely extracted by a dentist. With roots that widely spread, a person would have to have really, really advanced periodontal disease for that tooth to either wiggle out spontaneously or to be knocked out in a fight without breaking the roots.
Most of the teeth that the non-dentist world sees outside of mouths are either baby teeth (where the roots have naturally dissolved from the pressure of the erupting permanent tooth below it) or wisdom teeth (which usually have shorter, ice-cream-cone-shaped roots positioned closely together) or knocked out front teeth (which only have one root.) You only see one of these if you work in a dental office, or if you're the one who had it pulled. Unfortunately, in this economy, a lot of people are opting to have teeth extracted rather than getting the expensive root canal or crown (or both) that would be necessary to save it. And a lot of people do ask to take their extracted teeth home with them, usually to show their kids "to show them why they need to brush their teeth." There's even an exception to medical waste laws to allow this, called the Tooth Fairy Clause.
My best guess is that someone had the tooth extracted by a dentist, cleaned it off and had it in their pocket, then pulled out money or keys or whatever and the tooth fell onto the sidewalk, making all y'all's day a little more interesting.

!!!!!! Holy crap that was way more informative an answer than I ever could have imagined possible.

Thanks Fangdoc!

No problem. I like to talk about the teeth, and I don't normally have any helpful information on the freakyweird stuff that tends to show up on SLOG. So on this one, I was like, "Hold up, I got this!"

Glad I could help.

Groooossssss. I just went to the dentist today. Excuse me while I go throw up...

@13, that's great.

@13, you are my daily hero.

@13, the mole approves. Booyah!

@18: Fewer varieties of bacteria in the human anus than the human mouth, and most of them down there are beneficial and innocuous. Also, people who do that wash thoroughly before and after, so the point is moot.
Try harder next time.

@20: One, I don't do anything with asses besides kick them.
Two, you're a moron. What, HPV isn't transmitted equally well by heterosexual relations? Having any sort of sex with someone with HPV, whether it's gay sex or straight sex, puts you at risk. Also, if you actually READ any fact sheets concerning oral cancer, you'd know that it is still caused overwhelmingly by tobacco use. I don't see you crusading against cigarettes and chewing tobacco.
By the way, unless you have open sores in your mouth, there's not much harm you can do by taking in bacteria. Unless they're particularly toxic or can survive in stomach acid, they'll have no effect on a healthy mouth. And thorough washing will clear things out plenty well. Ask a doctor, you twit.

@22: You have yet to refute a single point I make.
Also, you make yourself look like an incredible ass with your bizarre and illogical assertions. Bacteria are not much of a threat to a healthy mouth; we're designed to take foreign material in through that orifice, and as such our body has arranged its defenses so as to channel potential pathogens into the inhospitable environment of the stomach. However, dental work damages the gums and other tissues, opening up avenues of infection. That is why they sterilize dental tools, but not, say, a weighing scale that touches only one's feet.
And I am well aware that HPV is a virus. However, you cannot contract HPV from someone who does not carry it, and ass-to-mouth is just one of many kinds of sex that can pass it along. The issue here is not anal-oral; the issue is screwing someone with HPV.
I said nothing regarding the rate of change of the causative rates of oral cancer; I commented only on the current status. "Tobacco products, heavy use of alcohol and particularly the combined use of both, have been implicated as the main causes of oral cancer." (Bold mine.) http://oralcancerfoundation.org/tobacco/…
Also, Alleged, you are a criminally lousy liar. Excerpts from your comment at #22: "no one said anything about homo/hetero." And from your comment at #20: "especially homosexuals who get AIDS 38X more than other Americans" and "HomoLiberal [sic] assault on the Family". Try harder next time, you cuntface.

@24: E. coli is a bacterium that has evolved to live in our gastrointestinal tract; they can survive stomach acid and enzymes. THEY DO NOT INFECT THROUGH THE MOUTH. And if someone has a toxic strain of Escherichia coli (most strains are innocuous and in fact symbiotic with us) in their anus, it would be making them horribly sick, and thus unfit for any sort of sex. Stop trying to cloud the issue by misinterpreting what I say, Alleged; these tactics only demonstrate that you are taking a losing angle on this debate.
And dentistry, properly practiced, DOES damage the membranes of the mouth. The various tools of the trade, in the process of clearing plaque from the teeth, cause microscopic tears to the gums: too small to see, but plenty large enough for bacteria to enter tissues. This is just how dentistry works, and you are further demonstrating your ignorance by railing against it.
It's funny that you should bring up election results to insist that a 60%-40% margin isn't "overwhelming". The 2008 presidential election went by a 52.9%-45.7% split, and was considered a landslide. Pull your head out of your ass.
And with regard to your strange obsession with homosexuality:
"no one said anything about homo/hetero" --You, #22
All you said was that you never mentioned sexual orientation, which you clearly did in your previous post. When I call you out on your blatant lies, it doesn't help your case to pretend you have no idea what I'm talking about. (But then again, you probably DON'T have any idea what I'm talking about.)
The issue here is not promiscuity; we agree that irresponsible, risky, promiscuous behavior of any variety greatly increases the risk of sexually transmitted diseases. (It's estimated that 50% of all sexually active people will contract some strain of HPV at some point in their lives.) The issue here is that you are claiming that oral-anal sex is inherently dangerous compared to other forms of sexual relations, a claim which is patently false. Your post at #18, in its entirety: "perhaps you could enlighten the perverts regarding all the nasties that will infect their mouth from engaging in oral/anal."
You have continually insisted that ATM is substantially more risky than more mainstream forms of sex, an assertion that you have reliably, like clockwork, failed to support or back up in any way at all.
And you can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause!

@26: Neither of us said any of that, apart from the tidbit about reckless promiscuity being a Poor Life Choice. But then again, your grasp on reality is tenuous at best.

I am glad that you've stopped trying to disprove what I said; such exercises in futility are nothing short of painful to the observer.

Let's get the facts straight:
If one is responsibly sexual--that is, one does not engage in sexual activity without verifying that one's partner(s) is (are) clean of STDs--the type of sex in which one indulges in is irrelevant with regards to disease transmission. It is perfectly safe and reasonable to engage in oral or anal sex AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO VAGINAL SEX for the purposes of birth control. End of story, bitch.

@29: I'm not sure just how fat that particular Alleged is, but obesity has been linked to a vast menagerie of ills, such as heart disease, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, diabeetus, colorectal cancer, and arthritis.

Dear anonymous troll,

If you're worried about encountering E. coli while rimming, use a freakin' dental dam. Non-microwavable plastic wrap will also do in a pinch.

Problem solved.

"Quit arguing and come to bed, honey."

"But...but...someone is WRONG on the internet!"

Re-lax, Venom. We all know he's a psychotic douche bag. Stand down, soldier.

@32: I know he's a moron. But you know what? I got him to shut the fuck up by systematically dismantling his specious arguments. By his last comment at #28, he had nothing left to say.
To get Alleged to shut up is no mean feat.

@34: Really? You, the undisputed master of poor grammar, want to play semantics with me?
Fine, I'll step up to the plate.
I said "to engage in oral or anal sex", not "to engage in oral xor anal sex". There's a big difference between OR and XOR logic commands; OR technically includes the AND possibility as well. As such, I did say "to engage in oral AND anal sex", just not in as many words. Let me put it this way:
A PB&J sandwich fulfills the first criterion, but not the second.
1. contains peanut butter OR contains jam
2. contains peanut butter XOR contains jam
Bitch, please.

Man, I can never get over how big teeth really are. Crazy-ass long roots.