The more I read and learn, the more I realize just how much my first grade teacher lied to me.  George Washington never had wooden teeth.  However, it is true that he had all of his teeth removed over the years as a result of poor hygiene and persistent illnesses.  His actual teeth were made out of gold and hippopotamus ivory.  So now what’s up, Ms. Braun!?  You going to tell me that he made his “wooden” teeth out of the “cherry tree” you said he cut down!?  Might as well tell a bunch of six year-olds that a young George Washington hacked a hippopotamus to death and made teeth out of it.  ‘Nuff said.