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Why Old People Had No Teeth In 1866

27 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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Lewis Howes explains why most older Americans had no teeth in 1866: nobody taught them to brush. He draws a parallel to mental health, where 108,000 Americans died by suicide in 2023, arguing we need the same preventive habits for our minds that we learned for our mouths.

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In the year 1866, over 50% of the American people over 45 years of age had no teeth. Today, everybody has teeth. What do you think it's because of dentist? No, because our mothers told us, you bloody brush your teeth. You don't brush no breakfast today. Similarly for mental health, we need something. In 2023, 108,000 people in United States of America committed the miracle of mind has turn your disaster.