A new thing to fear: "intranasal teeth".

Child's skull with baby teeth and adult teeth, Hunterian Museum, London. Photo: Stefan SchäferMaybe it's because of the various traumatic ways I lost my baby teeth, but whatever the reason, teeth feature prominently in my nightmares. And now I have yet another vision to add to the bag of horror: "intranasal teeth" (literally, teeth inside the nose). Apparently (and horrifyingly), it's not unheard of to have teeth stuck inside one's nose. There are a number of ways this can come about, but typically it happens to children. And no wonder--the image to the left shows what the front of a child's face looks like when the adult teeth are about to grow in; from nose to chin, it's pretty much ALL teeth. Not surprisingly, some of these teeth can get a bit lost and grow into the nasal cavity. Other children fall, lose a tooth, and get it stuck in ...