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The idea that George Washingtons were made of wood was a myth with unknown origins that remained a popular in American culture and its public schools because it makes George Washington a more approachable figure to study. Though most public-school teachers and dentists today say that his teeth were made of Ivory; however, it goes deeper. Historians have found that George Washington purchased slave teeth that were most likely used for a variation of his dentures. This makes the disturbed Mr. Incredible meme a perfect fit to explain this darker element of our first president’s life.
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Van Horn, Jennifer. “George Washington’s Dentures: Disability, Deception, and the Republican Body.” Early American Studies 14, no. 1 (2016): 2–47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44630814.
Etter, William M. “Wooden Teeth Myth.” Irvine Valley College, George Washington Presidential Library. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/wooden-teeth-myth/