Why Historically People Thought Your Teeth Could Explode
Jan 26, 2026•1 hr 11 min
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Episode description
In the 19th Century, a Pennsylvania dentist called WH Atkinson came across a condition that sounds like the stuff of nightmares. Writing in The Dental Cosmos, the first major journal for American dentists, Atkinson documented an outbreak of exploding teeth.
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