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Repairing Berlin’s “broken tooth” church

2013-01-072012-12-02 by Dr. Nazanin Shahmolky

As all Berliners know, you should never give up on a cracked or broken tooth. This holds true whether the tooth in question is one that can be repaired by an emergency dentist — or by an architect. Standing in the heart of the former West Berlin is a 223-foot-tall jagged tower that is nicknamed … Read more

A Viennese legend about a toothache

2012-12-292012-11-22 by Dr. Nazanin Shahmolky

St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna has a statue that is officially named “Man of Sorrow.” But to the Viennese, the statue is known affectionately as “Christ with a toothache.” Ingrid Prohaska, an Austrian blogger who writes about Viennese legends, tells of the dental emergency that caused the statue to acquire this nickname. According to the … Read more