Robert Atlas was a 42 year old man who presented to the dentist office for a cavity filling. The operating dentist was taken aback when seeing that his cavity was completely gone. Mr. Atlas’s bottom right molar was completely pristine. A superior was brought in who suggested looking at the dental records on file to make sure they had the correct tooth. Robert Atlas’s bottom right molar did not match his X-Ray taken seven days ago. Seven days ago, his tooth had a large cavity on the side facing his cheek. It bore deep into the bone registering on the X-Ray as a pitch black spot. At that time, Robert could not feel his bottom right molar and nerve damage was suspected. The molar that was sitting in his mouth seven days later was as white as marble. Which was completely unnatural as, despite popular belief, teeth aren’t supposed to be a blinding pale. Robert stated that he had never used any sort of whitening strip or whitening products. The suspicious tooth in his mouth was also slightly larger than the others. The gap between the teeth was nearly nonexistent and the molar seemed to have been pushing the adjacent teeth out of the way. Using dental pliers, the tooth was slightly agitated in the mouth causing Mr. Atlas to unexpectedly scream and grab the dentist’s arm. His face turned pale and he began to lose consciousness.

An X-Ray was advised.

The X-Ray revealed something never seen before by any of the dentists on staff. The assistant nurse immediately felt nauseous at the sight and fled to the bathroom and did not return for the rest of the operation. Although considered unsafe, Robert was to undergo another X-Ray. In the picture, small hair-like were seen burrowing into the surrounding gums and neighboring teeth. Comparing the two X-Ray taken minutes apart, it was clear that these tendrils were navigating the tissue fairly rapidly. A small pointed appendage similar to a beak was visible where the base of the tooth would be.

Needless to say, extraction was advised.

After putting Robert under anesthesia, pliers were used to slowly pull the tooth from the socket. This method failed, as attempting to extract the organism would lead to the surrounding teeth to be extracted along with it. A drill was then used to try to neutralize the organism. after drilling for two minutes, the organism’s false tooth carapace suddenly gave way and the drill struck organic matter. Thick yellow pus spurted from the bored hole in the tooth and a sour stench of sulfur was reported to have filled the room. dozens of extremely small, white pellets were visible in the discharge. At this point in time, The office was closed and all later appointments were cancelled.

One of the nurses that remained in the room was ordered to get on the phone with the Center of Disease Control. Pliers were administered once again to determine if the parasite’s carapace could be removed. Upon brushing against the shell, it fell off to the side of his mouth and was retrieved. Beneath it was a bloody and quickly burrowed hole in the gums. Those same hair-like tendrils were visible squirming inside of the cavity and moving deeper into the gums. The operating dentist grasped one of the tendrils with a pair of forceps and slowly began to pull. The initial force of the forceps triggered a panic response from the organism and the tendril flailed wildly as the dentist continued to extract the parasite. Once fully out of the mouth, the tendrils grasped onto the glove of the dentist and began to tear the latex apart. The beak at the junction of the several tendrils latched onto the glove. The glove was quickly removed and the parasite was contained.

The carapace was extracted and the inside walls were lined with the same white pellets that fell out when drilling into the tooth. Once examined under a microscope they had a similar biological structure to fish eggs. The shell was composed of an organic cartridge and calcified saliva from Robert Atlas. The false tooth also had small remnants of bone marrow belonging to Robert Atlas, indicating that his tooth may have been slowly replaced over time, rather than all at once. It was theorized that the parasite’s eggs would first make contact on the gum line and if not flossed out, would burrow deeper into the space between the teeth and gums. In it’s larval phase, this would not be noticeable by the host. It is unknown how the parasites eggs would be transferred. Some have speculated that the tooth, much like the plant species impatiens capensis, would at some point explode in the mouth, releasing eggs to the neighboring teeth or possibly when food or drink is shared between possible hosts.