Download or read book The Excruciating History of Dentistry written by James Wynbrandt and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history includes George Washington who never had wooden teeth, harvesting teeth from corpses after the Battle of Waterloo, Paul Revere and the field of forensic odontology, the patron saint of toothache sufferers, and perception of pain as reported by dentists and their patients.