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Healthy teeth are wondrous and priceless – a dentist explains why and how best to protect them

  • Written by Samer Zaky, Research Assistant Professor in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Healthy teeth are wondrous and priceless – a dentist explains why and how best to protect themHealthy teeth are truly priceless.Moncherie/E+ via Getty Images

At an auction in England in 2011, one of John Lennon’s teeth sold for just over US$31,000.

How much are your teeth worth?

Teeth are amazing little miracles. They light up our smiles, we use them to speak and we chew with them more than 600 times at every meal.

Yet, in a society...

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