About this episode

This episode explores a bizarre dental condition documented in the 19th century involving exploding teeth.

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• dentistry
• 19th century
• medical history
• tooth health
• mythology
• exploding teeth

Keywords

• exploding teeth
• dentistry
• WH Atkinson
• 19th century
• Dental Cosmos
• tooth health
• medical history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Dental Cosmos

Places: Pennsylvania

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