Plus, there's a plaque that lays out the facts in black and white: Dentures Worn by George Washington. Lead base fitted with cow and human teeth, elephant ivory, brass, and steel. ca. 1775-1799.

Researchers hoping to dispel George Washington's image as a stiff-jawed, boring old man have made some interesting discoveries about his famous false teeth.

George Washington's only complete set of dentures, made out of lead, human teeth, cow teeth and elephant ivory. Glen Stubbe/ZUMA Press/Corbis When George Washington became president on April 30 ...

Plus, there's a plaque that lays out the facts in black and white: Dentures Worn by George Washington. Lead base fitted with cow and human teeth, elephant ivory, brass, and steel. ca. 1775-1799.

George Washington suffered severe teeth issues his entire life, and by the time he became president in 1789, he had just one ...

Despite daily brushing, George Washington lost all but one of his teeth by the time he became president. He went through at least six sets of dentures over his lifetime, although they weren’t ...

Susan P. Schoelwer, the Robert H. Smith senior curator at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, sinks her teeth into the truth about some famous dentures. Washington’s false (but not wooden) teeth ...

Author Robert Darnton talked about his book, [George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century], published by W.W. Norton and Company. The author defined the ...

Dentures worn by George Washington are not made of wood, as one tale suggested. Here, they are on display at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. (Image credit: ...