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You open your eyes, only to find something
blocking your vision.

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Are those…

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Teeth?

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Human teeth…

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Growing out of your eyes?

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Oh no…

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Oh god, no!

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Taking the subway can be a real hit-or-miss
experience.

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On one hand, it's cheaper than driving, especially
with gas prices these days.

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It's convenient, eco-friendly, and removes
any potential stress about where to park.

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But it can also be hot, poorly-maintained,
and worst of all… it's filled with the public.

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These are the thoughts running through the
woman's head as she stands on the subway on

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the way home from work.

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She holds onto a nearby pole for balance,
struggling to maintain a bubble of personal

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space as a steady stream of new passengers
climb on at each stop.

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She can feel her chest tightening with anxiety,
and she takes a deep breath to loosen the

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stress.

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Just a couple more stops to go, and then she
can get out of here and retreat to the comfort

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of her apartment.

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The train car slows down, and the doors open
for the penultimate stop.

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Great!

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After this one, she'll be home free.

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Of course, more people climb on.

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Everybody has places to go, she reminds herself.

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It's fine.

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But as one pale, jumpy-looking man crowds
a little bit too close to the pole she's holding,

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she feels her anxiety levels spike again.

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Why won't he just respect her personal space?

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Come on buddy, it's a crowded train but there's
enough room to take a step back.

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She's working up the nerve to say something
when the train jerks suddenly, starting back

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up.

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The sharp motion sends the man rocking forward,
and he bumps into her.

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Hard.

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She feels a sudden sharp pain in her hand,
and looks down to see a speck of blood.

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Seriously?!

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She swears at the strange man, unable to help
herself.

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He glances down, and his eyes widen.

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He apologizes profusely and backs away from
her, unmistakable terror in his eyes.

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A bit of an overreaction, she thinks.

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She just yelled a bit, it isn't as if she
was going to hurt him.

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But he pushes through the crowd, moving away
from her, and she doesn't care to follow.

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The train slows, and the doors slide open
again.

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Thank goodness, her stop!

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She shoves her way out of the train car as
fast as she can, and doesn't slow down until

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she's unlocking the door to her apartment.

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Time to tend to the weirdest injury she's
ever gotten.

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She disinfects the wound on her hand, and
begins to apply a bandage.

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Now that she's slowed down, she can get a
better look at it.

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She had assumed the guy's keys had poked her
or something, but now, examining it more carefully,

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it looks kind of like...a bite?

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Did he have some kind of animal up his sleeve
or something?

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It all happened so fast, she couldn't really
tell.

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Better to be safe than sorry, she'll go get
a rabies vaccine tomorrow.

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With that plan in place, and a bandage applied
to her hand, she quickly forgets about the

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hellish subway ride, the nervous man, and
the strange bite.

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The next day, she gets her rabies shot, and
puts the whole bizarre encounter out of her

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mind for good.

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And it stays there, out of sight and out of
mind… until about a week later, when her

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gums begin to ache.

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It starts with a twinge, a bit of discomfort
one morning that wakes her up before her alarm.

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But as the day goes on, the ache grows more
and more difficult to ignore.

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She finds herself chewing on her pen during
meetings, alleviating the itching, painful

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feeling in her gums with the pressure of it.

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A few days later, it's all she can think about.

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She half considers picking up one of those
hard plastic rings for teething babies.

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At that point, she realizes it's time to go
to the dentist.

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They'll know what to do.

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But when the dentist leans her back in that
adjustable chair and peers into her mouth,

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he is just as clueless as she is.

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Perhaps even moreso.

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She is presenting symptoms of a condition
known as hyperdontia, he explains.

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She is, at the age of 30 years old, growing
new teeth.

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Not wisdom teeth that are coming in, but a
whole new row of teeth, just behind the ones

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she already has.

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He advises her to come back in once the teeth
have grown in all the way, and they can discuss

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next steps then.

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She calls in sick to work the next day.

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She lies and tells them it's the flu.

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How could she explain the truth?

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But at least there's a solution in sight.

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The dentist will help her figure out what
to do next.

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And surely this will be the worst of it, right?

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Unfortunately, she couldn't be more wrong.

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When she wakes up the next day, she notices
some difficulty breathing through her nose,

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accompanied by a feeling of discomfort in
her nostrils.

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Oh great, is she actually sick now?

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She goes to blow her nose, but nothing comes
out.

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She rubs at her nostrils, and is startled
by a sudden sharp pain, and the sensation

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of something solid in there.

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What the hell is going on?

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She rushes to the bathroom mirror, tilting
her head back to get a better look.

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When she can make out what is blocking her
nostrils, her jaw drops.

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Teeth.

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They're smaller than the ones in her mouth,
and somewhat obscured, but there is no doubt

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about it.

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Little rows of teeth have erupted inside of
her nose.

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She calls her dentist and schedules an immediate
appointment.

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She struggles to explain on the phone, but
no matter what words she chooses, she knows

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the doctor won't truly understand until he
sees her condition with his own eyes.

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And when he does see it, he can't stop himself
from crying out in shock.

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This is no ordinary case of hyperdontia.

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This is something else entirely, something
that should be medically impossible.

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Seeing the appearance of teeth inside of the
woman's nose, the dentist decides to perform

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a thorough examination of the rest of her
face and head.

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Much to his, and her, horror, he finds small
teeth beginning to erupt in her ear canals

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too.

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He warns that, if they are not removed, they
could cause permanent damage to her hearing.

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There's no doubt about it: for the sake of
her wellbeing, the dentist must perform the

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strangest extractions of his career.

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The woman is given an anesthetic, and he gets
to work.

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By the time he is finished, the dentist has
pulled 36 teeth of varying sizes and shapes

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from her mouth, nose, and ears.

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It was a harrowing affair, but at least it's
over.

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He prescribes pain medication, an antibiotic,
and some time off of work, and advises the

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woman to give him a call if she experiences
anything like this again.

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Neither of them will say it aloud, but they're
both privately terrified that she'll have

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to come back in and do it all over again.

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For the next few weeks, the woman feels like
she's back to normal.

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She is a bit shaken up by the experience,
a bit exhausted, but otherwise it all seems

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to be resolved.

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Then the aches start up again.

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Not just in her gums this time, but in her
ears, in her nose, and more terrifyingly of

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all, in new places too.

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She can feel them, the germs of new teeth
growing under the surface in between her fingers

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and her toes, even in her eyelids.

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The feeling was unpleasant and distracting
before, but now it is absolute agony.

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She can barely dial the telephone to contact
her dentist, but she manages to call him and

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drag herself down to the office.

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At first, he doesn't want to believe it.

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But then, he performs an x-ray.

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The images that come back turn his stomach
and he nearly vomits onto the floor.

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He can see them, clear as day.

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Teeth, teeth, teeth, growing everywhere the
woman feels that unique ache, the building

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pressure of something struggling to grow,
ready to burst through the skin and be born.

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More teeth in her mouth, and teeth in her
eyes, her ears, all over her body.

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Even if he extracts every tooth again, even
if he plucks out each new growth, there will

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be more waiting to replace them.

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Unsure of what else to recommend, he advises
the woman to check herself into the hospital.

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Whatever her affliction is, it has progressed
beyond his capabilities.

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Weeks later, the woman is lying in her hospital
bed, weak, exhausted, barely able to move.

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Her skin is dotted with teeth.

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Her doctors tried to perform surgery to remove
some of the teeth before they could erupt,

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but the incisions became tiny mouths filled
with even more teeth.

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Now, they've all but given up.

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She can barely open her eyes to get a look
at the strange figures that enter her hospital

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room, promising to help get to the bottom
of her condition.

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They're scientists, they say.

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And they specialize in unusual conditions
like hers.

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This poor, unfortunate woman is considered
the first recorded patient to be infected

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with SCP-2450.

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SCP-2450 is an infectious disease, the most
notable symptom of which is the manifestation

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of severe hyperdontia in unusual parts of
the body.

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The initial source of the infection has been
traced to the location now known as Building-2450,

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a former men's bathroom in a company service
station off of a major motorway in the United

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Kingdom.

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It is unknown exactly how the infection is
transmitted, but Level-V Haz-Suits have been

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ineffective at containing and preventing the
infection.

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The disease can affect a wide variety of mammalian
species, including but not limited to rodents,

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dogs, and humans.

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Approximately 23 percent of mammals exposed
to the initial infection source area will

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contract SCP-2450.

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Infection can also be passed through a bite,
provided the bite is deep enough to draw blood.

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Infections from bites occur at a rate of approximately
12 percent.

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The initial stage of infection is characterized
by the presentation of hyperdontia in various

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orifices of the body.

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I am sorry to say that is exactly what it
sounds like: the eruption of extra teeth,

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in places where no teeth should be.

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This generally begins in the mouth, as extra
teeth sprout from the gums, the roof of the

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mouth, and the frenulum beneath the tongue.

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However, as the disease progreses, any bodily
opening can become fair game, including the

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nostrils, the eye sockets, and other, even
less comfortable, locations.

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The size of the teeth varies depending on
the size of the opening, and tends to be proportional

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to the space available.

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Teeth produced as a result of SCP-2450 infection
grow at a rate approximately 12 times that

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of ordinary teeth, and can grow from gem to
full root completion over the course of a

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period between three weeks and nine months,
depending on size.

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As the infection progresses, more and more
rows of teeth will grow further and further

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back into the affected orifice.

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Once all natural bodily orifices have grown
at least one full row of teeth, the infection

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will progress into its next stage.

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At this stage, parts of the body that form
a semi-closed space such as the spaces between

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the toes, or the armpits, will begin to erupt
teeth.

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If that wasn't horrible enough, any apertures
formed on the body via external trauma, such

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as cuts on the skin, will become growth sites
for SCP-2450 teeth.

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Did you just feel a shiver run down your spine?

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Me too.

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My own spine, not your spine.

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You understand.

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Back to the matter at hand, which I'm so sorry
to tell you does in fact get worse.

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You see, as the infection progresses and more
and more teeth are growing the calcium and

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other minerals required to grow these teeth
have to come from somewhere.

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These minerals will be leached from the body's
natural stores, and the process can frequently

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result in osteoporosis and hypocalcaemia.

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Administering calcium and other mineral supplements
to SCP-2450 patients will keep them alive,

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and they will continue to produce teeth indefinitely
if this is the case.

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You might be wondering if the process of growing
all of these teeth is especially painful.

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Allow me to provide absolutely no reassurance:
it is.

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It has been described as extremely painful,
and similar to the teething pains experienced

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by young children as their regular teeth develop
and grow in.

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Much like teething infants, patients will
experience a strong desire to address this

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pain by biting or grinding the affected teeth.

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However, as the infection progresses, the
teeth will begin to erupt in areas that are

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incapable of biting.

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In these cases, patients will often grind
the teeth against solid objects such as the

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corners of walls.

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This activity has been highly discouraged,
as it could result in cuts and lacerations

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that may provide a breeding ground for even
more teeth, resulting in a truly vicious cycle.

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Incidentally, this behavior led to the first
recorded instance of SCP-2450 infection via

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tooth-to-blood contact.

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SCP-2450 was first discovered by the Foundation
during a routine search of medical literature,

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and on February 19, 2009, the Foundation classified
it as an anomalous phenomenon sufficiently

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distinct from hyperdontia.

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At that point, standard information suppression
policy was applied successfully, and the pattern

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of outbreaks was then used to trace the source
to the aforementioned service station.

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At that point, a series of quarantines and
experimentation revealed that the men's restroom

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in Wing B was the specific point of origin.

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As far as the Foundation has been able to
determine, there is nothing anomalous about

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the service station, or that particular bathroom,
aside from the SCP-2450 infections themselves.

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The station was first built in 1983, and operated
normally for decades.

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So when, and how, did everything change?

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By interviewing cleaning and security staff
and reviewing years of security footage, the

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SCP Foundation was able to tentatively pinpoint
the date of origin for SCP-2450 to July 15,

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2008.

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On that day, the following events were captured
by security cameras located in the building.

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First, three men in black hooded sweatshirts
entered the building, their hoods pulled up

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to obscure their faces.

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One of the men carried a large, seemingly
empty backpack.

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Another held an unidentified green implement.

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The third man had nothing in his hands.

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Shortly after entering the building, the men
stopped outside of the Wing B men's bathroom

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and spoke amongst themselves.

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No audio was recorded, and their lips could
not be seen, so there is no way of knowing

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exactly what was said, but whatever it was,
the men entered the bathroom a few moments

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later.

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Before shutting the door behind them, the
last man examined the area, looking to see

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if they were being followed.

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Seeing that they were alone, he closed the
door, and the three of them disappeared.

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They were inside the bathroom for the next
two and a half hours.

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Whatever happened in that bathroom is still
unknown, as security cameras inside of restrooms

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are generally frowned upon and tend not to
be installed.

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After those two and a half hours were up,
two out of the three men exited the bathroom:

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the man with the backpack, and the man who
was carrying the green object.

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The third man was not with them.

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The backpack now appeared to be full, and
a great deal heavier than it was on the way

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in.

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The two men walked to the main entrance of
the building, at which point the one without

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the backpack stopped and reached into the
top pocket of his hooded sweatshirt.

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He then patted the pockets of his trousers.

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Whatever he was looking for was not there.

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He turned to head back into the building,
but the other man placed a hand on his arm,

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stopping him.

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The two argued for a moment, before leaving
the building and getting into a car.

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Later analysis of the license plate revealed
it to be a stolen vehicle.

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They drove off toward the south, and out of
sight.

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Subsequent attempts to track the men down
have so far been unsuccessful.

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The cleaner on duty that day later reported
that one of the bathroom stalls was locked

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for an unusually long time.

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When he came back and was able to enter and
clean the stall, he spotted a large amount

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of what appeared to be white gravel on the
floor and the lid of the toilet.

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This is now believed to be dental matter.

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Speaking of unidentified objects, the green
implement from the security tapes was later

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discovered and identified.

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It is now referred to as SCP-2450-1, and is
stored in Reliquary 87B-6, locker 12004.

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SCP-2450-1 is a green plastic toothbrush of
unknown make or manufacturer.

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As you might have guessed, it is no ordinary
toothbrush.

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When a tooth is brushed with SCP-2450-1, the
teeth will be worn down to the root at a rapid

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pace.

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An entire molar, including the root, can be
removed with the brush in five minutes.

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In spite of this, it appears to do no damage
to any other surrounding tissue such as the

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skin or gums.

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On the back of the handle, the text "For non-oral
use only" is printed.

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The origins of this toothbrush, and the motivations
for the men that entered the bathroom stall

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that day, are still unknown.

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However, given the information that we do
have, I feel I can make an educated guess.

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It is my personal theory that the third man,
the one who had never been found, was suffering

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from an advanced form of the SCP-2450 infection.

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When the men attempted to treat his condition
with the anomalous toothbrush, he had advanced

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to such a severe state that his body was primarily
made up of teeth, and he crumbled apart during

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the process.

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His remains were then stuffed into the backpack
and taken out of the building.

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The debris left behind somehow infected the
area, leading to the subsequent SCP-2450 infections

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that have occurred in the area since.

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I have no way to officially confirm this speculation,
of course, but it seems as reasonable of a

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theory as something can be where anomalous
tooth-based diseases and unusually powerful

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toothbrushes are concerned.

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Any patients afflicted with SCP-2450 must
be kept in Secure War LAN-12, and physically

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restrained, in order to contain the infection
and prevent any further spread.

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The initial source of infection is contained
at the site of its discovery in Building-2450,

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which has been disguised as an electrical
substation.

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Building-2450 is kept securely locked and
surrounded by a standard substation fence,

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which has been covered with "Danger of Death''
warning signs in order to deter any civilians

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from approaching.

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The building is kept under constant surveillance,
and anyone attempting to enter the premises

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must be detained and thoroughly questioned.

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The only method of entering Building-2450
is a double door system, including an isolation

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chamber which prevents any small mammals from
entering the building.

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No mammals (with the exception of approved
test subjects) may exit the building.

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One member of Foundation personnel with formal
dentistry training must be assigned to monitor

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all dentistry journals and affiliated news
sources for cases that might indicate an outbreak

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of SCP-2450.

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If one is detected, swift and decisive action
must be taken.

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There is currently no known cure for SCP-2450.

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Patients who have been infected with the disease
can either be kept alive with mineral supplements

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and produce teeth infinitely, or they can
slowly lose calcium and vital minerals over

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time, until their body can no longer function.

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Either way, they will be a prisoner of the
teeth until the day that they die, confined

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to a terrifying toothy existence.

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Though those who have already been infected
are somewhat doomed, at least until a cure

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can be found, we can take some comfort in
the knowledge that SCP-2450 can be easily

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avoided.

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Just stay away from the men's restroom in
Building-2450, and try not to let anyone bite

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you- at least not hard enough to draw blood.

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Still, the images I saw while looking into
SCP-2450 will haunt me for quite some time.

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In fact, I think I've had my fill of the topic.

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My gums are beginning to itch.

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So, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go eat
some caramels and forget to floss.

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Can't let the teeth get too comfortable.

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