Posted in Food, Just for Fun, tagged fast food, Food, junk food, photo gallery, processed food on August 4, 2008 | No Comments »
In our earlier post on the prevalence of fast food outlets here in the Central Valley - and some of the corresponding health consequences - we provided a link to Fast Food Ads vs. Reality, a gallery of images comparing commercial photos of fast food with what you actually get.
Since then, via Fark, we’ve seen [...]
Posted in Just for Fun, dentistry, tagged animated films, dentistry, disney, Mickey Mouse on July 28, 2008 | No Comments »
MousePlanet is an online guide to Disney theme parks that also posts articles on other Disney-related topics, such as this recent offering that grabbed our attention - on Disney and dentistry:
From April to October 1938, Disney storymen struggled to develop a never-made Disney short titled Mickey’s Toothache. Given laughing gas, poor Mickey Mouse enters a [...]
Posted in Just for Fun, TMJ, tagged poetry, TMJ on July 21, 2008 | No Comments »
From the current issue of JAMA (300(3):254). Yes. Really.
TMJ
Reflecting regrettably on
My last words with you,
I am reminded by
The clicking in my jaw,
How great pain can be
Inflicted by such a small thing,
How so much of happiness
Can hinge on the motion
Of mandible or tongue,
How so much of joy can
Depend upon a seemingly
Insignificant articulation . . .
Whether [...]
Posted in Just for Fun, dentistry, tagged dentistry, dieting, DDS system on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Admittedly, when we first ran across this ad at Oddee (some PG-13 content):
we couldn’t figure out what it could possibly be for. So we Googled “DDS System”:
Weight loss? How? Wiring a person’s jaw shut? (It’s not out of the question.) One click later, we found out.
It’s an appliance. To make your mouth smaller. To train [...]
Posted in Just for Fun, dentistry, tagged dentistry, loldogs on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
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Posted in Just for Fun, dental health, dentistry, tagged chocolate, dentistry, toothpaste on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
…is more chocolate flavored toothpaste?
Image source unknown
From a 2006 media release:
“By bringing in new flavours that have never been tasted in toothpaste before, we are using this launch to recruit new users to the brand,” Ahmed Osilan, Close Up’s brand manager for the GCC told Retail News Middle East.
“Our vision is to become legends of [...]
Posted in Just for Fun, dentistry, tagged dentistry, lol cats, toothbrushes on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
