Awesome Teeth

Pac-Man has always been one of the most enigmatic video game characters. Somehow, this yellow puck moves around a maze without any feet and manages to gobble down ghosts, cherries, and pretzels without any teeth. Adam from North of the Border fixed both of these shortcomings, and all we ended up with was nightmare fuel.

Made from a single long zipper, this goofy-looking case keeps watch over your pens, pencils, and other small items. Its big shiny teeth are ready to chomp down on anyone who would dare reach inside without your permission. Choose from black, blue, pink, purple, lilac, or red monsters.

Nine out of 10 dentists recommend we stop lying about flossing our teeth. The portable and USB rechargeable Red Dot Award-winning Oclean W10 makes the task easy and fun-ish with five feel-good flossing modes including gentle for sensitive teeth and a gum massager. Efficiently removes debris and plaque with 1,400 pulses per minute.

Tired of flossing your teeth one at a time? Well, Unnecessary Inventions has the solution, a gadget which can floss all of your teeth at once. While it was designed as a joke, we could totally see someone selling such a device. Though we imagine reloading the floss would take way more time than just flossing normally.

Love Hultén has designed and built many wonderful things over the years. His latest creation is a synthesizer that moves 25 sets of mechanical teeth in concert with its keyboard. It’s both disturbing and fantastic at the same time. If the idea seems familiar, that’s because he was inspired by Simone Giertz’s toothy instrument.

It’s a process that almost all mammals go through – starting out toothless, then growing baby teeth, then their replacement with permanent adult teeth. It’s Okay to Be Smart explains the strange and at times creepy science behind this biological mechanism.

Besides obvious stuff like bad breath, cavities, and gum disease, it turns out that there are much nastier things that can happen to you if you stopped brushing your teeth. Life Noggin digs into the potentially deadly consequences of leaving all that unwanted bacteria around.

Despite the fact that this little jingle is in Portuguese, it won’t stop anyone from enjoying a catchy tune and some goofy singing teeth in this playful ad for Oral-B Brazil. (Thanks Robson!)

So you think the kid who pulled his tooth out using a Nerf bow was brave? Back in the day – back in 2009, that is – backyard dentists pulled their teeth out with fire and fury. And a very supportive dad.

If you liked the schadenfreude when you saw David after his dentist appointment, then check out the second act: the aftermath of a teen whose wisdom teeth were removed. (Thanks Dan!)

This kid has a loose tooth and it’s time for it to go. But he’s not gonna let Dad yank it for him. Nope. He’s tied it up to a Nerf Big Bow, and lets it do the work. Not recommended for impacted molars.

We’re not ones to turn down bacon around here, but the idea of flossing our teeth with it seems wrong even to us fanatics. There’s nothing “fresh” about the flavor of pork between your teeth.