THE BONE GUYS MAY 2023 NEWSLETTER
BONE GUYS, MAY WE?
Here come The Bone Guys, swinging through town like your neighborhood Spiderman.
We bear good news. Well, mostly. More of an all-encompassing sweep of the latest and greatest from the dental world, including eye-opening news headlines and humor about teeth, gums, as well as and all the latest updates from our friends and partners. Both good, bad, and cosmically indifferent, creating ultimate balance in the universe.
The Bone Guys are a family-run business operated out of California and Michigan that provides the best dental products in the industry, as well as dedicated dental training and non-profit events.
And we love to have fun!
That’s why we invite you each month to this space, where we’d absolutely LOVE for you to join our community and share your passions with us, as well, by contributing your own fun dental stories, favorite photos, cartoons, or anything else you’d like to share with the world.
Just email us to see them in the next issue.
If you may.
THE MOLAR EXPRESS
—“Geese don’t have teeth in the normal sense of the word.” We’re just going to put that out there.
—Uber’s 2023 Lost & Found Index reveals passengers have left false teeth behind in its cars, as well as Danny Devito holiday ornaments that sound pretty sweet.
—Mouthguards are critical during high-impact sports, which may be why baseball and basketball have the highest incidents of teeth injuries, according to one pediatric dentist.
—Spanish racecar driver Pol Espargaro is facing months out of action after having teeth removed and a broken jaw wired suffering a litany of injuries after a high-side during the season-opening Portuguese MotoGP at Portimao.
—Dentists are not crazy about TikTok’s new Watertok trend, especially when tooth-chipping ice is involved.
—Meet the 9-year-old who found a mammoth tooth in the backyard of his grandmother’s house.
—Russian terrorist forces are deploying “dragon’s teeth” anti-tank barricades to defend against an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Meet History’s First Dentist
Hesy-Ra.
It may sound like some sort of new pharmaceutical boeing hawked between Skyrizi and Bloxiverz commercials. But it’s actually the name of history’s oldest recorded dentist.
Young Ra, or lil’ Hezzy as we like to call him, lived and ruled during Egypt’s Third Dynasty as a high official with the title wer-ibeḥsenjw, which may means “great of the dentists” or “great one of the ivory cutters,” among many other interpretations, depending on which expert on ancient Egyptian you’re talking to.
The fact that he bore the name “Ra” may indicate godly associations, too. So forgive him for feeling himself.
His tomb, an ornate circa 2600 beauty known for its stand-out carved cedar wood panels and wall paintings, bears an inscription stating: “The greatest of those who deal with teeth, and of physicians.” 10 out of 10 Hesy-Ras concurred with that sentiment in a survey that would go uncontested for 5,000 years.
Anyway, everything we know about him was buried with him in a massive site discovered in 1861 by some French Indiana Jones types. And all those years later, it’s been broken down on Wikipedia.
So that’s history’s first named dentist for you. Only… it’s not that simple.
Though Hesy-Ra was certainly an official under pharaoh Djoser, owing to confusion of the translation of his title wer-ibeḥsenjw, he may have in fact been more notable for his artistic or architectural ivory-carving skills than his actual ability to fix one’s teeth. The name may indicate he was actually more of a mason than a dentist.
In any case, thanks for the cool tomb, Hezzy.
We’ll remember you for at least surviving, if not inventing, some crude forms of ancient dentistry long enough to still have us talking about you.
SPRINGTIME SURPRISE
Last month the Bone Guys injected a little extra seasonal spirit into the atmosphere when we released 68 named, adorable-and-fluffy, lucky bunnies out into the world, sending them out to friends, clients, associates, and anyone we felt could use a cuddle over the spring holiday.
These AI images veer from the adorable anthropomorphic teeth, fascinating teeth cross sections, and terrifying dental devices of ToothGenAI; the surreal subversions of famous paintings featuring razor-sharp canines of artist Andrew Perkins; the malevolent false teeth sets conjured by Intergalactic Museum of Dentures; and the just-plain-old plasticky weirdness of these works by Lemon Synthography of so many ecstatic individuals bearing recessed gums.
These images, crafted entirely using AI art generators and their creators’ imaginations, may not further the dental genre per se, but add a toothy new genre to the horror and humor-filled art world found in abundance online, spawning and populating hashtags like #aiteeth and #astrodenturism.
For those of us who remain fascinated, frightened, or greatly enthused about teeth, there’s a whole new universe of crazy dental imagery to soak in or shun, as we see fit in the brave new world of 2023.
HUMOR HAS IT....
ABOUT US
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We’re focused on education and helping others succeed while enjoying everything quirky and special about the dental community.
We love the world of dentistry nearly as much as we love the dentists we count ourselves so lucky to work with. Let’s join hands and celebrate all things teeth, from the practical to the extremely weird and everything in between.
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P.S.
Childhood doodles drawn by Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret in 1938 while they were waiting for the dentist went up to be sold for auction in late April by the son of their owner, Royal Dentist Alexander Aldred. The drawings were made on Buckingham Palace monogrammed card and depict houses, chairs, and dressing tables. The money will go to charity.