Each season, The Health Adventure is proud to play host to various traveling exhibits, from Curious George and The Magic School Bus to Mindbender Mansion and Alice’s Wonderland. These traveling exhibits are housed in our Turner Traveling Exhibit Gallery.

Your Spitting Image

Open Winter/Spring 2012

What does your saliva say about you?  Solve this and many other mysteries with the National Museum of Dentistry’s fascinating traveling exhibition, Your Spitting Image!

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

Suitable for all ages with supplemental educational materials targeted to middle and high school students.

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.