Teeth can kill

During a wonderful short vacation, I visited an impressive theme park about the North Sea Flood of 1953. There was quite a lot of water there and some of it contained well-trained seals....
At 'home' (which was a caravan), I read a short story by Stephen King. It was called 'Chattered Teeth'.

A man notices an unusual pair of large metal 'chattery teeth' (a children's wind up toy) in a store. He is told that they have been damaged and no longer work. He takes them home anyway.
When the man gives a ride to a hitchhiker, the guy tries to kill him. During the struggle, the teeth come to life to do some killing themselves... They disappear (with the body of the hitchhiker), but nine months later, the salesman and the teeth are reunited....

This was all made up by the King of Horror, Mr Stephen King, but....

In 2004, a 16-year-old boy in Bradford unexpectedly died.
In 2005, a middle-aged, healthy man in Florida suddenly passed away.
In 2007, in Maryland, a 12-year-old homeless boy lost and never regained consciousness.
They all died from an infection that started with an abscessed tooth. The infection had spread to their brains.

You do not have to be afraid of chattery teeth, but please go see your dentist when there is an abscess!