To any dentists out there....

[PickledMuffin]

what happens to the teeth that are extracted? I had an extraction today, so it's got me wondering!

ta

I'm not a dentist but I asked my dentist this after he asked if I wanted to keep my beautifully deformed wisdom tooth.

They're incinerated, treated the same way as an amputated limb or excised cyst or something would be. Off-site obvs, the dentists seal them in bio-waste bags to be collected and incinerated.

sharps bin or amalgam waste bin - but like just appropriate clinical disposal - we aren’t allowed to do anything else with them (and nor would we want to - most of us are sick of the sight of the things!)

thanks, good to know. Mine was also a wisdom tooth. i'm now feeling sorry for myself!

You mean you didnt ask for it back?!

You could have asked to take it home for the tooth fairy!

As far as I know the dentist gets monthly visits from the tooth fairy to pick them up
in bulk .

🤣