I Don't Feel Like The Lone Ranger Now

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If you have read my posts in the past you probably know that I have only about a dozen teeth left in my head. I tried to seek help and get dentures but found them to be way to expensive for me. So, the below bit of historical trivia really hit home with me: I was reading my daily trivia, that I get each day, and today it was about George Washington. Poor guy. He had issue with oral hygiene since early adulthood. By the time of his inauguration as president he had one of his own teeth left. He had had several sets of agonizing dentures made with metal fasteners, human teeth and rare hippopotamus ivory. The ones he had for his inauguration were special ones made from brass, ivory and gold that had built by John Greenwood. The sole remaining tooth was given to him as a keepsake when the president lost it. Greenwood kept it as a memento and had it in a glass display he had hung on his watch chain.