Tooth Worms and Tooth Pullers: Dentistry’s Rotten History

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

For most of human history, tooth care has been pretty bare bones. How did we go from charlatans pulling teeth in a public square, to the modern dentist’s office? ELT exposes the roots of tooth care. Plus, meet the technician who makes movie stars’ teeth look terrible. Guests: Dental historian and retired dentist J. Henry Clarke; historian Richard Barnett. Thanks to callers Amanda and Tess for the questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	You have reached the Every Little Thing helpline.
0:35.0	Please leave your message after the tone.
0:37.0	Hey foreign friends, this is Amanda from Virginia.
0:41.0	I have a factual emergency.
0:44.1	I'm just really been wondering why and when
0:47.4	people started taking care of their teeth.
0:50.0	Like, how did he end up with the standard of oral hygiene?
0:53.4	Hello?
0:58.4	Hey Amanda, it's floor from every little thing.
1:00.6	Are you ready to go on this dent adventure? I'm excited to get some answers because I've been chewing on this for a while.
1:06.0	Ooh, have you been working on your tooth puns?
1:09.0	That's it. I have no more puns.
1:11.0	That's as far as they go.
1:12.0	All right. I have no more puns that's as far as they go.
1:17.6	All right let's start with some routine intake questions. Have you ever wanted to replace all your teeth with dentures?
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