tloB2 wrote:Where are the teeth of the 5,318,000 German soldiers who, according to Rüdiger Overmans, lost their lives in World War II? That's well over 150,000,000 teeth, and I haven't yet seen a single one of them!
Scott Smith 01 wrote:Where are the teeth of the typhus dead?
Massgraves would contain teeth, and depending on the thoroughness of the cremation process--backyard barbecues would not be thorough
Ashed teeth are rather fragile, by the way. The fragility of teeth subjected to fire is discussed, for instance, in an article in the 4/1990 issue of the Journal of Forensic Science, written by Harry H. Minces, Hugh E. Berryman, G. Allen Murray and Richard L. Dickens, that is headed "Methods for Physical Stabilization of Ashed Teeth in Incinerated Remains" and refers to methods "for physically stabilizing the extremely fragile ashed teeth that are often encountered in incinerated human remains".


