Dentures

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When George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States, he didn’t have many options for his toothless condition.In 1775 he incurred bills for $500 (the equivalent of $25,000 in today’s dollars) for what is assumed to be dental treatment and perhaps his first set of dentures.  We do know that John Greenwood made four sets of dentures for George Washington.

Pictured here are the teeth he wore.  They were made of hippopotamus ivory and set with human teeth.  Washington expressed problems with all of them.

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Today you have quite a few more options than President Washington had!

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