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"Haunted by Dracula's teeth"

Phantom teeth syndrome is the delusion that one's teeth have grown into fangs, once they've been removed.  Call it Dracula's Teeth Syndrome:

Phantoms are thought to arise when the brain's map of the sensory areas becomes distorted during re-organisation, after the actual sensations from the removed appendage stop.

(thanks to Steve Burnett!)

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That was kind of funny. You should send it around the world.

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