# Recycling Dentures

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-dentures/953>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 1, 1999, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-dentures/953 "1999-07-01T01:25:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Post date:** [July 1, 1999, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-dentures/953/1 "1999-07-01T01:25:00Z")

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There is a large outdoor sculpture park in NY State called Storm King Art Center. I think that if all of these dentures were built into an IMMENSE work, they could be showed there. But…a title?..a title?..

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**Post date:** [July 1, 1999, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-dentures/953/2 "1999-07-01T02:12:00Z")

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How about: The tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth?

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**Post date:** [July 1, 1999, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-dentures/953/3 "1999-07-01T09:13:00Z")

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An eye for an eye…

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**Post date:** [July 1, 1999, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-dentures/953/4 "1999-07-01T14:34:00Z")

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An outdoor sculpture? How 'bout “Art al Denture”?

It could be a life size representation of all the has been movie stars who can now only get work in denture adhesive/cleaner commercials. 'Course that raises the question of how to honor those who hawk Depends…

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The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik