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  • Walter R. Tschinkel, from the Department of Biological Science at Florida State University pours orthodontal plaster down ant holes, and creates perfect molds of the topology of the inside of an ant-colony.

    Boing Boing: May 21, 2006 - May 27, 2006 Archives 2006

  • That little piece of orthodontal history is probably still under the front seat of my 1972 Ford Gran Tourino station wagon where I put it as soon as I left the office.

    left non-deciduous mandibular central incisor 2007

  • Actually, there's only one thing normal about this family - their orthodontal bill.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007

  • Krang savored the landscape of her delicate, slippery folds, the glisten akin to ripe plums peeled under a honey-mellowed sun and bitten into with pearlescent orthodontal extensions; she would be juicy and ripe, just like those plums—warmth and musk alike mingling in tantalizing slipperings and slitherings.

    The New Douglas Hoffman 2005

  • Fortunately, her maternal grandmother left her some money, so she was able to have orthodontal work and esthetic surgery.

    The Cat Who Moved A Mountain Braun, Lilian Jackson 1992

  • Clarence House has confirmed that as well as a visible brace when aged 14, the Prince has worn an orthodontal wire since he was 16.

    Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009

  • Attempting to masticate the substance you hold in your hand would result in severe orthodontal damage. "

    Glory Lane Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1987

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