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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe The celebrations at Christmas owe a lot to the Victorians, as we hang up our stockings for the children's presents and decorate the

Christmas tree. It is a time when the books by Charles Dickens and _A Christmas Carol_ in particular, experience a resurgence of interest. But it was almost six months after dismantling the

decorations from last year that I noticed this unusual headline in _The Times_: '_For Charles Dickens it was the best of times …. But the worst of teeth_'. This is a preview of

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* Contact customer support REFERENCE * The Dickens Society. Dental Afterlives: Dickens and Victorian Dentistry. 2021. Available online at: https://dickenssociety.org/archives/3102 (accessed

November 2022). Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * British Dental Association, London, United Kingdom David Croser Authors * David Croser View author

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ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Croser, D. Mr Dickens missing teeth. _BDJ In Pract_ 35, 28 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-022-1822-8 Download citation * Published: 05 December 2022 * Issue

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