Among the long-standing myths surrounding the first president of the United States, George Washington, is that he wore false teeth made out of wood. Though the evidence unambiguously confirms that ...

George Washington's only complete set of dentures, made out of lead, human teeth, cow teeth and elephant ivory. Glen Stubbe/ZUMA Press/Corbis When George Washington became president on April 30 ...

Researchers hoping to dispel George Washington's image as a stiff-jawed, boring old man are taking a bite out of history through a high-tech study of his famous false teeth. The researchers were ...

But the story behind George Washington’s teeth is much darker than most realize. Plagued with dental problems all his life, Washington had his first tooth pulled when he was just 24. But though ...

Ellis (“His Excellency: George Washington”) wrote that his “very ... (Except they weren’t – they were ivory dentures and real teeth extracted from his enslaved workers.) ...

Spend the entire day telling the truth about George Washington as an enslaver who wore dentures consisting of stolen teeth that had been “yanked from the heads of his ‘slaves.’” ...

However, presidential dental health has long had an impact on public perception and leadership itself. From George Washington’s infamous dentures to Teddy Roosevelt’s toothy grin, a president ...