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2017 selection · Nonfiction
Teeth: The Story Of Beauty, Inequality, And The Struggle For Oral Health In America
Teeth: The Story Of Beauty, Inequality, And The Struggle For Oral Health In America by Mary Otto appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, science!, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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