Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America

by Mary Otto

Book Overview

An NPR Best Book of 2017

" Teeth is] . . . more than an exploration of a two-tiered system--it is a call for sweeping, radical change."
--New York Times Book Review

"Show me your teeth," the great naturalist Georges Cuvier is credited with saying, "and I will tell you who you are." In this shattering new work, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America's mouth, revealing unsettling truths...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620971445
• ISBN13: 9781620971444
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great book that bring policy, industry, and personal stories together.

This is a wonderful nonfiction book that explains the past, present, and future hope of the American dental system. Otto writes in a way that carries you seamlessly from one topic to another. I always appreciate real-life stories that illuminate the consequences of policy decisions. Teeth dives into the political realm of medicare and medicaid of dental care, the history of the dental system from its creation, and deeply moving stories of people affected by the system and the public health policy of dental care. Great read, I recommend it to other nonfiction book lovers.