Many were disfigured by dark, crooked, or missing teeth. Toothless senior citizens suffered malnutrition and early death because they were unable to chew.
दात काळे पडल्यामुळे, वाकडेतिकडे वाढल्यामुळे किंवा पडल्यामुळे बऱ्‍याच जणांचा चेहरा विद्रूप होत असे.