Your Spitting Image is the latest in a series of engaging traveling exhibits created by the National Museum of Dentistry, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and the nation's official museum of the dental profession. These innovative traveling exhibits have reached more than 2 million people at children's and science museums throughout North America. To find out more about the Traveling Exhibit Program, Click Here.
Your Spitting Image
What does your saliva say about you? Solve this and many other mysteries when you bring the National Museum of Dentistry's fascinating traveling exhibition, Your Spitting Image, to your museum!
Step into the role of a forensic investigator to solve mysteries, see what's in that remarkable fluid called saliva, and find out how scientists are using bioengineering to grow teeth. This innovative and interactive three-part exhibition highlights the convergence of genetics and dentistry with hands-on experiments and interactive computer activities.
Your Spitting Image offers numerous educational opportunities:
- Learn how to solve mysteries using forensic technology
- Discover the health secrets revealed by saliva
- Explore remarkable advances in oral health made possible by the science of bioengineering
- Find out how good oral health affects the whole body
- Learn how to have a healthy mouth for a lifetime
This innovative hands-on exhibit is a rare opportunity to introduce oral health concepts to your exhibition program. No wall space is needed – this exhibit is built to travel and stand alone in the gallery. Suitable for all ages with supplemental educational materials targeted to middle and high school students. For more information on the Your Spitting Image traveling exhibit, please check out our YSI Traveling Exhibit Sell Sheet.
For more information on the exhibit or to book now contact Cynthia Hollis of the National Museum of Dentistry at 410.706.4819 or
Your Spitting Image was created by the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and produced by Quatrefoil. Lead sponsorship for this exhibition generously provided by the Patterson Dental Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Products and Planmeca Inc. with additional support from Drs. Leslie W. Seldin and Constance P. Winslow, Dr. Laurence E. Johns and Dr. Robert J. Wilson.
