Comments on: Heterodontics http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/06/heterodontics/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: notsneaky http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/06/heterodontics/comment-page-1/#comment-199272 notsneaky Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:40:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/06/heterodontics/#comment-199272 Finally! I've been waiting for someone to make this joke (and afraid to make it myself) for several days now. John gets the props for courage. Finally! I’ve been waiting for someone to make this joke (and afraid to make it myself) for several days now. John gets the props for courage.

]]> By: Rich B. http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/06/heterodontics/comment-page-1/#comment-199237 Rich B. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:46:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/06/06/heterodontics/#comment-199237 <i>Then, if things get really bad, just go to a freakodontist.</i> This post demonstrates a horribly -- possibly dangerous -- misunderstanding of Freakodontics. While you may want Freakodontics to say that the child at issue does not really need braces, the problem is that it will inevitably conclude -- following a rough correlation study of orthodontics and future earnings -- that your daughters braces are significantly UNDERpriced based on the expected increase in earnings as a result of the teeth straightening procedure. It will then proceed to show how, if food and medical aid to third world countries were transferred from AIDS drugs to dental and orthodontic care, the rate of increase of the gross domestic product of Botswana would nearly double. Then, if things get really bad, just go to a freakodontist.

This post demonstrates a horribly—possibly dangerous—misunderstanding of Freakodontics.

While you may want Freakodontics to say that the child at issue does not really need braces, the problem is that it will inevitably conclude—following a rough correlation study of orthodontics and future earnings—that your daughters braces are significantly UNDERpriced based on the expected increase in earnings as a result of the teeth straightening procedure.

It will then proceed to show how, if food and medical aid to third world countries were transferred from AIDS drugs to dental and orthodontic care, the rate of increase of the gross domestic product of Botswana would nearly double.

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