Human tooth sharpening
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human-tooth-sharpening-182-1111225
title:
Human tooth sharpening
text:
Human tooth sharpening is the practice of manually sharpening the teeth, usually the front incisors. Filed teeth are customary in various cultures. Many remojadas figurines found in parts of Mexico have filed teeth and it is believed to have been common practice in their culture. The Zappo Zap people of the Democratic Republic of Congo are believed to have filed their teeth. Historically it was done for spiritual purposes, with some exceptions, but in modern times it is usually aesthetic in natu
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Practice of manually sharpening the teeth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_tooth_sharpening
date created:
2009-07-20T22:37:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T02:15:10Z
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