In the 17th century, dentists did their best 61. (make) false teeth. The problem, however, was not

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    In the 17th century, dentists did their best 61. (make) false teeth. The problem, however, was not making the teeth, 62. 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, 63. were usually made of gold or silver. As more and more people wanted new teeth, poor people 64. (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 65. (easy), and a number of men were badly burned when their teeth caught fire while they were smoking 66. (cigarette ). Nowadays, false teeth 67. (be) so well made and look so real that it is often 68. (possible)to tell from a person’s appearance whether or not they have them. And in 69. near future, very few people will have them by 70. (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.
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61.to make 62.it/but 63.which 64.would sell/sold
65.easily 66.cigarettes 67.Are 68.impossible 69.the 70.adding
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