Elena Conis has written an interesting article for the Los Angeles Times in which she discusses the history of bad breath. The Egyptians were the first to come up with the breath mint. The Chinese were the first to brush their teeth in order to eliminate bad breath. Breath fresheners (called cachous) became “must have” items in the 1800s.
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In 1957, a Cornell University Medical College professor developed a denture that was held in place by embedding powerful magnets in the patients jaw bone. Inserted into the upper and lower law, the magnets attached to other magnets that were buried in the denture.
This method, acknowledged even at the time as not being particularly effective, can be found in a September 23, 1957 article in Time magazine which describes not only the magnetic dentures, but also a “Vitallium latticework” implant.
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