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by m463 686 days ago
Long ago (decades) the dentist would do a bunch of work, then pause to let me swish water in my mouth from the auto-filling cup, and spit into the water-circulating spitoon-thing before continuing.

EDIT: hmm... a "dental engine"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_engine

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1 comments

It’s called a cuspidor. :-)