Talk:Cremation

Teeth, fillings, dental implants are missing from the article. my understanding is that they break up like bone in modern crematory temperatures, but I’m uncertain about cremation using wood. nor do I have any sources to add this information to the article, but it feels needed for completeness. 207.229.170.204 (talk) 16:42, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

See Cremation#Ash weight and composition. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 20:39, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

hello,

You are mostly correct. The teeth do break up like bone due to the high temperature. Filling, dental metal and some implants do not break up and must be picked out before the pulverization process. The metal/dental fillings and implants are physically removed with a magnet or by manual sorting, and placed in a recycle bin.

any questions about cremation, the process or the history, please feel free to contact me. I have been a crematory operator for over 20 years and a licensed mortician. 75.180.30.168 (talk) 00:16, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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Aktion Reinhard camps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation#World_War_II

If you cross check with other sources, at Belzec, Treblinka and Sobibor, bodies were disposed of, not by furnaces manufactured in Germany, but a makeshift system of sections of railway laid on blocks, with bodies and fuel piled on top. This section of the page seems to give the impression that these 3 camps used manufactured furnaces. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-10818-77 (talk) 09:15, 18 February 2026 (UTC)