What our teeth reveal about the growing gap between rich and poor
- Written by Eve Vincent, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Macquarie University
Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels, CC BYTeeth are one of the most visible markers of poverty: structural circumstances that are individually borne.
In an essay for Aeon, US journalist Sarah Smarsh calls them “poor teeth”. She writes:
Often, bad teeth are blamed solely on the habits and choices of their owners, and for the poor therein lies an...







