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Last year was the bicentenary of the death of Robert Burns, who is Scotland's best known poet. January 25, Burns' birth date, is also a well-known celebration to the Scottish-the famous 'Burns Night'. Burns wrote many songs and poems, but his 'Address to the Toothache' is of particular interest to dentists. The poem provides a vivid account of one man's experience of toothache and gives an insight into how people regarded pain two hundred years ago
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Orchardson, R. Toothache--the 'hell of all diseases'. Br Dent J 182, 71–73 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4809302
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4809302