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In the 17th century, dentists did their best {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (make) false teeth. The problem,
however, was not making the teeth, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} was keeping them in place. They had to
tie each tooth to the one on either side of it. Only rich people could afford
false teeth, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} were usually made of gold or silver.
As more and more people wanted new teeth, poor people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (sell) their teeth to the rich so that
they could buy food and clothing. During the next 200 years, many changes were
made to false teeth although some of these were not really improvements.
Towards the end of the 19th century, for example, cheap elastic teeth were
introduced. But they caught fire very {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (easy), and a number of men were badly
burned when their teeth caught fire while they were smoking {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (cigarette). Nowadays, false teeth {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) so well made and look so real
that it is often {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (possible) to tell from a person's
appearance whether or not they have them. And in {#blank#}9{#/blank#} near future, very few people will have
them by {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (add) certain things to the water we
drink, we have been able to keep our teeth so healthy that most people will
never need false teeth.