35. Mouth Problems
I had a guy present to the ER complaining of a “mouth problem.” Something about his mouth just didn’t look quite right. Upon closer inspection, we realized he’d done some DIY dental work. The patient claimed he’d been in a fight and had all his front upper teeth knocked out. He had no insurance, so he decided to DIY a partial denture for himself.
He went to Wal-Mart and got one of those fake grills you use with a costume and used that as a mold. He took his knocked-out teeth, ground them into a paste, mixed with some epoxy-type material, and then put that into the grill mold to set. After they were hard, he cut away the rubber grill, trimmed the new fake teeth, and then tried to super-glue that to his gums.