Queen Elizabeth dreaded the idea of Dental Surgery. She was aware of the lack of dental knowledge and skill that existed in her day. Many Dentists were akin to Barber Surgeons. Some of the were Charlatans who performed an operation on a sideshow in the marketplace. The mass of the population were either edentulous or suffering with decayed teeth, receding gums and a malodorous breath. The Queen's painful oral disease continued to torment her until she died in 1603.
Today modern dentistry enhances the happiness of all people by stressing the importance of overcoming dental caries and periodontal disease to save the natural teeth and rescue them from the threat of an edentulous life.
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