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Clever Dentists: Golden Teeth

Because the Pharaohs ate bread filled with tiny grains of sand from grinding their wheat with stones, their teeth would sometimes wear down and hurt. But their doctors were incredibly smart! They actually invented the very first ways to fix teeth in history. If someone lost a tooth, the dentist would use super-thin wires made of pure gold to tie a strong replacement tooth right in place. This way, the patient could eat and smile all over again with teeth that sparkled with gold!

If you had to put a tiny gold wire on your teeth, would you tell your friends it's medical wire, or a secret treasure hidden in your mouth?

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