There are a couple of things that most Americans know about George Washington: he fought in the Revolutionary War, he was the first president of the United States, and he had bad teeth.

Thus George Washington ... those sets of false teeth, not wooden but made from hippo tusks and other materials that pained him continually and deformed his face. Bringing Washington to life ...

A vivid character, he wore gold rings in his ears and adorned his face with tribal scars ... Le Moyer first treated George Washington's teeth at his military headquarters in 1783.