Narrative non-fiction

Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, From Hagfish to Humans

Non-fiction book for adults by Bill Schutt with illustrations by Patricia J. Wynne. Algonguin Books of Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill, NC, 2024.   Schutt, a vertebrate zoologist, provides an overview of the evolutionary history of teeth and the myriad ways different animals, including humans, have developed and used their teeth. Teeth play important roles in […]

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The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry

Book by Richard Barnett. Thames & Hudson: London, 2017. https://thamesandhudson.com/the-smile-stealers-9780500519110 Traces the evolution of dentistry in Europe and the United States through storytelling, historic texts, and images, many of which are from the Wellcome Collection. This beautifully designed book provides an engaging account of  both the social and cultural aspects of dental care and the more

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

  Book by Mary Otto. The New Press: New York, 2017. https://thenewpress.com/books/teeth   This book represents a seminal work on the social and economic implications of oral health in the U.S. Mary Otto is a former journalist for The Washington Post who first reported on and amplified the story of Deamonte Driver. In 2007, Driver, a

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