Louis XIV has very bad teeth and has been doing so from a very young age, which means that he swallows more than he chews. In 1676, he began to have severe dental pain and ten years later, he did not have a single tooth left in his upper jaw and those at the bottom were decayed. He was then only 47 years old. For 30 years, he will have to hide a toothless smile behind a pinched mouth. The essences of cloves and thyme soothe the pains and when they become unbearable, the royal dentist heals or tears off the king's blackish snags with a lifting device, a new invention. The king suffers martyrdom and very often the essences intended to relieve him are so strong that they burn his mouth and make him vomit; he has frequent abscesses on his gums which swell his cheeks and deform his face ...
Louis XIV has very bad teeth and has been doing so from a very young age, which means that he swallows more than he chews.
In 1676, he began to have severe dental pain and ten years later, he did not have a single tooth left in his upper jaw and those at the bottom were decayed.
He was then only 47 years old.
For 30 years, he will have to hide a toothless smile behind a pinched mouth.
The essences of cloves and thyme soothe the pains and when they become unbearable, the royal dentist heals or tears off the king's blackish snags with a lifting device, a new invention.
The king suffers martyrdom and very often the essences intended to relieve him are so strong that they burn his mouth and make him vomit;
he has frequent abscesses on his gums which swell his cheeks and deform his face ...
