plyers weresed -- used. one of my favorite was a tool called a to ski. -- tooth key. it consists of a handle, shaft, and hook. iswill imagine the fingertip the end of a tooth or read hang this at the edge of the tooth and rotate it around. using just manpower, you would rotate the tooth out of the gum line. we always hear about george washington having wooden teeth. they weren't always wooden. mathe years went by, they de dentures and false teeth. if we look, we have ivory teeth. or porcelain. porcelain was used, too. the unique thing about these is they are toxic. the base that they made and used, they use lead. you poppies in your mouth. your mouth. in you are feeling sickly. told -- he tells you to stay off your feet for a few days. you won't wear your dentures while you are in bed. you sit -- set them on the table. you get to feeling better and put your teeth back in. you feel sick again. you can get lead poisoning just from wearing your dentures. we talked about the doctors. regionally, when you look at if we go 1849, the records show there were only 87 doctors i