03/10/2026
When George Washington became president on April 30, 1789, he only had one tooth in his head. A combination of bad genes and even worse 18th century dentistry meant that the man who first led the nation suffered from terrible teeth. But a toothless grin isn't very Presidential, and so Washington wore dentures. How did the famous myth that he wore wooden dentures take root? https://bit.ly/4rhT4Oj
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