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Dental torture is a form of Torture involving the infliction of pain or damage to the mouth.

Dental Torture techniques typically include disembodying or damaging of any part of the mouth (i.e. gums, tongue, teeth, etc.) without anasthetic, and may involve the misuse of dental equipment. This could include using needles or other sharp and/or otherwise painful apparatus to intentionally damage the victim.

Dental torture tends to be greatly feared thanks to the intense pain it is capable of inflicting, as well as the non-regenerative nature of mature teeth. Damage resulting from dental torture can also make eating and drinking excruciatingly painful or difficult;
Dental torture techniques can be numerous, depending on the creativity of the torturer. Inclusion of non-dental materials, such as nails, is sometimes used to increase the pain afflicted.

Dental torture is usually considered a crime, punishable by most if not all law enforcement agencies. Penalties for dental torture may range from fines, to jail time, or even execution depending on location and the severity of the torture.


DENTAL TORTURE IN MEDIA

  • Actor Steve Martin plays sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in 1986 movie '' Little Shop Of Horrors (1986 Film) ''.

  • In the movie, " Oldboy ", the protagonist tortures someone by removing his teeth with a claw hammer.

  • An episode of the shows one character being threatened with dental torture by knife.

  • The horror film '' The Dentist '' involved a dentist inflicting dental torture on his patients.

  • In 1976's Marathon Man , Sir Laurence Olivier's character Christian Szell, an ex-Nazi, uses dental torture on Dustin Hoffman's character Babe while attempting to discover if Babe knows if Szell will be robbed when he retrieves diamonds that are stashed in a Manhattan safe deposit box. The movie's dental torture scene made Szell's repeated phrase, "Is it safe?" a quotable movie quote from the 70s.