Meg Restoration

September 15, 2023

I was asked to do a restoration on a nice meg tooth recently collected by a client. When I received it, it smelled like catfish bait. :sick:

It spent a week submerged in isopropyl alcohol and came out smelling fresh! No stinky tooth.

After a few days to ensure all the alcohol had evaporated, I got to work rebuilding the missing bit of root and enamel with Apoxie sculpt. I got the rough shape and let it sit for a couple hours. Right at the end of its working time, I did the final shaping, texturing, and cut in the serrations on the “enamel”. Then it was a marathon of painting to try to mimic the mottled coloration of the tooth. I never try for an exact match for 2 reasons.

1 it’s impossible. 2 if this ever makes its way into a museum collection, the restoration should be obvious to a trained professional. I think this one toes that line pretty well.