Making dental prosthetics or dentures in 1968 was multistep prosthodontic work, but this tongue-in-cheek short, False Teeth by Graeme Jackson, explains each handcrafted step with practical panache. The how-it’s-made dentistry film also includes experimental animations, toothy pop culture references, and lots of quirky humor.
From the University of Melbourne’s VCA Film & Television School YouTube channel:
This film is released as part of the VCA Film and Television Digital Archive Project, a living audio-visual record of student short films that date back to 1966. The films in the collection display cultural, historical, social and aesthetic significance. They are part of a widespread research, pedagogy and engagement digital archive project aimed at preserving and showcasing this important part of our Australian moving image history.
Watch more videos about prosthetics and these related videos on TKSST:
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