In the 16th and 18th centuries, both in Russia and in Europe, aristocrats and wealthy people had a fashion for blackening their teeth. There are two explanations for this tradition. According to the first version, women of fashion used special teeth whitewash based on mercury, which destroyed them even more. As a result, to hide the difference between healthy and blackened teeth, all teeth were covered with black paint. According to another version, women showed their wealth by demonstrating black teeth – after all, caries and subsequent darkening of the teeth are often caused by high consumption of sugar, which at that time was not available to everyone.
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