Guilt

I feel bad for not having updated my blog in so long. I am bad at these sorts of things... So here is the catch up on what I'm doing.
I now have two casts in plastic of my teeth- one upper and one lower. I have been looking at alot of websites that are these bizarre collections of antique medical... stuff. I feel silly reposting all of their pictures but I will collect my favorites and put them all up later.
I have been trying to think of what medium to cast my casts in, and metal was my first instinct. Either aluminum or stainless steel. But after looking at old medical things, glass is looking more and more beautiful to me. Clear, blue, or amber. The next concern I am tackleing is how to present them. I was at work last weekend and we are changing our trays over to the new spec ones, and had to take apart the spring loaded tray elevator/holder/hole thing. When we pulled it out of the housing, I HAD TO HAVE IT. I need to make a wooden half circle and mount/suspend the things from springs! It's perfect! Sadly, though, I can't take the tray holder from work... But that will never stop me!



My love with the sun,
-Heather the blog slacker

Warms me to the roots

Today I boiled a mouthguard to make a sort of working [template?] [trial?] [first thingy?]. It turned out to work REALLY WELL. I highly recommend using the EZ Gard brand boil mouthguard. It was so perfect that my fingerprints were picked up in the plastic, and it didn't burn me like I remember it doing in middle school when I was playing lacrosse...

First you boil it:

...

After 12 seconds you take it out and squish it on your teeth

It warms your teeth to the roots

Perfect!

I am going to string floss through this one first to see if I can match up the threads correctly to my front and back tooth gaps, and get it to work. I won't be too bummed if if doesn't, it'll still be a really useful [thingy].