title: The dental health of President John Adams.
abstract: The oral health of George Washington has been widely studied and written about. Not so, however, with our second president, John Adams, whose dental health was apparently poor throughout his life. His pernicious habit of inducing vomiting to treat various bodily ills, coupled with a great love of sweets, led to the loss of his teeth, which he stubbornly refused to replace with dentures. When he was older, this led to his speech being so badly affected, that he could barely be understood.
authors.forename: Malvin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ring
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D006076:Government / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States