It’s still a major problem. Wanna see my dental bills?
Or maybe a pic of my dentist’s car would suffice!? :)
The base that fit the fake teeth into the jaw was made of lead. The top teeth were sourced from horses or donkeys, and the bottom were from cows and people.
After all that I'm not sure wood sounds that bad.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/519791/funky-history-george-washingtons-fake-teeth