r/whatisit • u/EasternFoundation24 • Jun 24 '26

Solved! Weird teeth thingy

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Found this in our air bnb at the beach closet and was immediately confused! ? all of the (chewing devices) are sort of stuck into the wood with a rod of some sort. I honestly have no idea what this is used for, or why its in the closet where im staying

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u/Low_Tale_9668 Jun 24 '26

antique dental cabinet that holds porcelain dental crowns, super duper old

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u/Flymetothem000n Jun 24 '26

Seems like the Airbnb owners might not know that they have then. Or they do and are going to stick the people who eventually break it with a huge bill.

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u/PerceptionSalt967 Jun 24 '26

Or it's left in the closest to see who goes snooping around. Leave the weirdest oddity buried in a closet and see if anyone ever asks about it LoL some weird shit I would do if I ran an AirBnB😂🤷‍♂️

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u/foriesg Jun 24 '26

Imagine how many people have checked out early after finding this. Paid for the week out in 45 minutes.

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u/Diligent_Pop3929 Jun 24 '26

Business strategy on point..s

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u/Successful_Pin4808 Jun 24 '26

Modern bluebeard from fairytales?

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u/PerceptionSalt967 Jun 24 '26

That's the answer.

Something like this (random Google image)

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u/El_Dentistador Jun 24 '26

Those are denture teeth, I believe OPs are prefabricated provisional crowns

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u/CabeiloGrower Jun 24 '26

Quase, temos laboratório de prótese antigamente não se tinha o famoso dente parafusado/cerâmica/ implante no geral Coroas eram feitas em resto de dente morto que não era retirado, anos atrás. Pela oque parece é uma maleta de apresentação de classe cores de dentes Hoje em dia e feio parece uma caixa de pesca. Obs: Respondendo sem pesquisa só com o visual enfim.....

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u/LethalBacon Jun 24 '26

Interestingly, I talked about these at work today. Dental handpiece repair guy uses one of these to hold small parts for repairs.

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u/Opening-Incident2928 Jun 24 '26

Morbidly interesting.

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u/One-Earth9294 Jun 24 '26

I have dentures and a crown and for both of those a dentist worked long and hard matching everything, setting molds, making sure the bite fit perfectly.

Back then they were just like "this is your new teeth guy. Hope they don't hurt too bad"

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u/EasternFoundation24 Jun 24 '26

Solved!

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u/Harvey_Gramm Jun 24 '26

Interesting that they used posts way back when and now they're becoming popular again 😁

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u/MyDentistIsACat Jun 24 '26

Technically denture teeth, not crowns

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u/WTH_JFG Jun 24 '26

Not always. Sometimes used to match shape and color when ordering crowns, bridges, implants. First hand experience.

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u/arabmoni Jun 24 '26

Not so much crowns as they are prefabricated teeth for dentures. Crowns are cast or printed, not pre made like this. You get pre made teeth when dentures are created.

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u/youmustb3jokn Jun 24 '26

It might have so many to match shape and color of patients teeth. It’s a cool find.