What were George Washington's dentures made out of?

jack_russell5

The dentures are made from gold, ivory, lead, human and animal teeth (horse and donkey teeth) where common componets. Feb 12 05, 12:20 AM

Stew54

This report suggests he had a number of sets and they were made from a variety of different materials as jack-russell has suggested. The set pictured on this page were made of hippo ivory. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6875436/ Feb 12 05, 10:06 AM

Buck540

Very good. There is a common myth in the US that Washington had wooden teeth and that is not true. Feb 12 05, 11:14 AM

McGruff

This has come up a number of times before. You might check questions 3133, 3902, 6748, 6958, and of special interest might be 15271. This one sheds some light on the possible original of the wooden-dentures myth. Feb 13 05, 11:10 PM

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