{"id":665,"date":"2011-02-18T22:06:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T22:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterpatedds.com\/?p=665"},"modified":"2011-02-18T22:06:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T22:06:53","slug":"presidentsday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/presidentsday\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Dental Facts on Former Presidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In honor of Presidents Day, we thought it would be fun to explore the dental history of some former US presidents.<\/p>\n

George Washington<\/strong> \u2013 Growing up, we always thought that George Washington\u2019s false teeth were made of wood. \u00a0Scientists have proven this theory untrue.\u00a0 Washington actually had several sets of ill-fitting dentures made of various materials, including hippopotamus ivory, sea lion ivory, and lead, as well as teeth from pigs, cows, elks, and humans.<\/p>\n

John Adams<\/strong> \u2013 President Adams had an incredible sweet tooth, which contributed to the loss of his teeth.\u00a0 However, this was not the only factor.\u00a0 Adams was in the habit of inducing vomiting to cure other ailments. He refused to wear dentures, and this led to difficulty speaking.\u00a0 After encountering a fellow senior citizen, Adams wrote: \u201cHe is above 80. I cannot speak, and he cannot hear.\u00a0 Yet we converse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas Jefferson<\/strong> \u2013 President Jefferson wrote, \u201cI have not yet lost a tooth to age.\u201d\u00a0 Historians have now proven that Jefferson did not divulge the whole truth.\u00a0 In 1808, he endured a severe jaw infection that was most likely due to a decayed and infected tooth.<\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln<\/strong> \u2013Lincoln had an extreme fear of the dentist.\u00a0 The root of his fear stemmed from a dentist breaking part of his jaw while extracting a tooth, without anesthesia. Later, when he suffered a tooth infection, President Lincoln sniffed a container of chloroform prior to the dentist pulling the tooth!<\/p>\n

Woodrow Wilson<\/strong> \u2013 A photo of President Wilson taken during his inauguration revealed that he had astonishingly bad teeth!<\/p>\n

Ronald Reagan<\/strong> \u2013 In 1977, President Reagan endured extreme left-sided jaw pain.\u00a0 It was proven that he had degeneration of the temporomandibular joint, and he was treated with a cortisone injection.<\/p>\n

Thanks to modern dental science, our current and future presidents will not have to endure the pain their predecessors endured \u2013 and neither should you. If you need a dentist in the Atlanta area, call me, Dr. Peter Pate at Dentistry in Buckhead<\/a>. My team and I will address all of your dental concerns, from toothaches to cosmetic dental issues, and we\u2019ll partner with you to create a treatment plan for lifelong dental health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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