Teeth

The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America

Author: Mary Otto
ISBN: 9781620971444

"[Teeth is]... more than an exploration of a two-tiered system--it is a call for sweeping, radical change."--New York Times Book Review "Show me your teeth," the great naturalist Georges Cuvier is credited with saying, "and I will tell you who you are." In this shattering new work, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America's mouth, revealing unsettling truths about our unequal society. Teeth takes readers on a disturbing journey into America's silent epidemic of oral disease, exposing the hidden connections between tooth decay and stunted job prospects, low educational achievement, social mobility, and the troubling state of our public health. Otto's subjects include the pioneering dentist who made Shirley Temple and Judy Garland's teeth sparkle on the silver screen and helped create the all-American image of "pearly whites"; Deamonte Driver, the young Maryland boy whose tragic death from an abscessed tooth sparked congressional hearings; and a marketing guru who offers

Publisher: New Press
Publish Date: 2017

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This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Health)