Weird Collections

I was born in Russia where I also graduated from medical school, worked as a pathologist, and a researcher. In 1993, I immigrated to the United States where I was employed as a researcher at theUniversity of Michigan. Then in 2000, I graduated from the University of Michigan Dental School and moved to Saginaw, MI. I have been practicing dentistry at the Denture Care Clinic for 9 years, where Imostly deal with denture patients.
It was 2002 and I was browsing the internet. This was when I found some information on Carsten Gutzeit, a man from Germany who collected toothpaste. Hiscollection stood at roughly 500 tubes. This was when I realized what a wonderful hobby collecting toothpaste would be for a dental professional. Imagine the opportunities it opens to learn about othervariables in your profession. With this in mind, I decided to start my own collection of toothpaste. I had friends living all over the world, so I asked them to mail me some of the toothpaste sold in theircountries. In addition, I was also buying old toothpaste on eBay while acquiring contemporary ones in stores.
After putting up Toothpaste World on the web, people began finding me on the internet.There were several people who donated me their small collections. Others included companies that donated me their old and recent products. Currently I have about 1800 units of toothpaste andtoothpowder, but only 1481 are sorted and catalogued. Keeping track of every unit and its specific details takes a large amount of time and effort.
I would consider one item the oldest, most rare, and mostexpensive: a silver English Antique Georgian tooth powder box from 1801. This was a time when toothpaste was not yet invented and toothpowders were used instead. I paid over $1500 for it.
My favoritekinds of toothpaste are alcohol flavored. These range from whiskey (scotch, rye, bourbon), red wines, amaretto, to champaign and more. My other passions include chocolate flavored toothpaste.