Fact-check: “George Washington had wooden teeth.”
Verdict: False (99% confidence)
Multiple independent primary and institutional sources — including the Mount Vernon estate archives, the National Library of Medicine, the National Archives, and peer-reviewed scholarship — all confirm that Washington's dentures were never made of wood. His actual dentures were constructed from materials including hippopotamus ivory, human teeth, cow teeth, elephant ivory, and a lead base. The wooden teeth claim is a well-documented historical myth with no evidentiary basis.
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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