No, they don’t simulate bad breath, but dental models created in Lancaster, Pennsylvania arrive at dental schools complete with tartar, gum disease, or ready for a root canal.
Selling over one billion teeth per year, Columbia Dentoform even offers feline and canine “patient simulators” for dental students.
Forty-one year employee Director of Sales Philip Briales (who tells his granddaughters he works for the tooth fairy!) recently offered a glimpse of the handcrafted nature of the business to greatbigstory.com
Cranking out chompers for just a few years – 2017 will mark their centennial – this company was decades ahead of the gender neutral concept.
“We didn’t want to put an gender in the manikin, so this could be anybody. The design of it is based on what an average human would look like…” Briales explained to greatbigstory.com.
Go ahead and rekindle those dental school memories. Make it your Monday must-see: https://youtu.be/5W-hwxIKVNI
