02/08/2026
I sell dentures every sale that we have them. You never know what someone needs them for. Mostly Halloween pumpkins is what I've heard. But you may need a tree!?
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I've worked at this dental office for sixteen years and every December they ask me to decorate. Every December I put up the same boring fake tree and the same tired garland and every December I die a little inside because I am SO much weirder than my job allows me to be.
This year I snapped. In the best possible way.
We had boxes of old dental molds in storage, practice pieces and demos that were just collecting dust. My boss mentioned we should probably throw them out and something in my brain just clicked. I asked if I could have them instead. He looked at me like I'd grown a second head but said sure, they're biohazard free, do whatever you want.
I spent two weeks in my kitchen building this monstrosity. My husband walked in the first night and just backed out slowly without saying a word. My teenage son took pictures to show his friends proof that his mom has finally lost it. I didn't care. I was having the time of my life hot gluing dentures onto a cone at midnight while listening to true crime podcasts.
Found the most perfect warm fairy lights from a seller on the Tedooo app who does custom string lengths for craft projects. The glow through the pink acrylic is exactly as creepy and beautiful as I imagined.
Brought it into work and set it on the front counter. First patient of the day was an 80 year old woman who stared at it for a full minute before bursting out laughing so hard she had to sit down. Said it was the most ridiculous thing she'd ever seen and she loved it. We've had people coming in just to take photos.
My boss wants me to make another one next year. Started selling weird dental art through my little shop on the Tedooo app because apparently there's a market for this kind of unhinged creativity. Who knew being strange could feel this good.
