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An enemy of Batman, Charlie Brown becomes Kite-Man when the Riddler murders his son. Now Brown uses specialised kites to commit his crimes and is often considered a joke by both heroes and fellow super-villains. Kite-Man has no powers, but possessed a variety of kite based weapons, including a giant jet powered hang glider, which he uses during his escapes. Along with kites they possess flash bulbs and nets for battling his foes.
Before we really understood what causes toothaches, there were many explanations for why they occurred and how to prevent them. One of the most persistent myths about toothaches dates all the way back to some of the earliest writings, and it concerns the existence of a “tooth worm” that would burrow into the teeth. Toothaches were also commonly attributed to curses or witchcraft, which, if you’ve had one recently, you can certainly understand: they’re evil!
In German legend from the Middle Ages it was proposed that kissing a donkey would take away the pain of toothache. It can only be presumed that attempting this with a member of the horse family could lead to an act of aggression resultant in accidental exodontia, thus removing the painful tooth and source of toothache.
“Stick an Aspirin On It.” This pervasive myth makes a certain amount of sense: if you have a toothache, place an aspirin on the gum next to the tooth and the pain will go away. Aspirin works on headaches, so why won’t it work on a toothache? The problem underlying this myth is twofold. First, aspirin is made from acetylsalicylic acid, which will cause a chemical burn on moist, sensitive gum and cheek tissue. Second, aspirin works by moving through the bloodstream and blocking pain receptors and must be taken orally to work. Placing an aspirin on your gums will not reduce the pain at the site because aspirin simply doesn’t work that way.
“If It Stops Hurting, You’re in the Clear.” Wishful thinking and ignoring the facts can make this myth particularly attractive. After all, if your tooth has been hurting for a few days or weeks and you wake up one morning with the pain miraculously gone, who are you to question a good thing? Unfortunately, the serious oral health problems that often underlie a toothache will not simply go away and never come back. Your teeth are one of the few parts of your body that do not heal themselves and even if the pain temporarily goes away, you still need to schedule an emergency appointment with your dentist.
The medical history of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) has been pieced together from his letters and from anecdotes, but his dental health is one aspect which has been somewhat overlooked. It is known that, from an early age, he suffered from toothache and tooth abscesses, problems that may even have had other medical repercussions. Two pieces of evidence from the life and work of this great composer provide clues: the aria entitled "A tooth decayed and sensitive to cold" (KV 209 a) (1772), containing the lament of a "sick man" suffering from toothache; and the first of the "Zoroastrian Riddles," which Mozart proposed during a masked ball in 1786, and whose solution is "teeth." Close examination of these two creative feats demonstrate that Mozart's attitude toward dental pathologies was calm and rational, so much so that he even managed to use the topic as a source of inspiration for a small jewel of a composition.