This picture (right) is by dentist Dr Ian Davis, creator of The World of Toothville.
In 2009, Dr Davis had a desire to produce dentally related pictures for his newly refurbished dental surgery and came up with a novel idea: if teeth were the size of a house or a car, how would they be treated?
In such a world, teeth would need builders, decorators and other tradesmen, requiring ladders, cranes and scaffolding to complete their work.
Dr Davis explains: 'My first image was of a decorator on a ladder painting a tooth white. I thought the idea had real potential. Then I went running to my technician next door to get a spare porcelain veneer and I then produced the images of a veneer being placed with a crane. The response from my staff and patients was very positive and by December 2009 I found myself on the centre pages of the London Metro'.
Toothville has since become well recognised and has been on the BBC website. There has been a demand for merchandise and Dr Davis has recently tried his hand at writing comics.
Visit www.toothville.com or follow on Twitter @toothtweets.
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The world of Toothville. Vital 10, 5 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/vital1702
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