You Have Choices
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.
Today you have quite a few more options than President Washington had!
Removable Denture Choices
