If you're terrified of the whine of the dentist's drill, this is one museum guaranteed to set your teeth on edge. On display are items spanning 300 years of dentistry, from rudimentary 18th-century appliances and chairs to cavity preparations (gripping stuff) and X-ray devices.
Zahnmuseum
Linz
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