The Teeth That Came Before You

Paul: It feels good to be cleaned off. When I would get brushed, it felt amazing. But when I think about the teeth that came before me, that just wasn't important to them. In getting ready for this interview, I read about in the early 20th century, humans were using radium a lot to make things glow in the dark. One of the women that worked there would paint her teeth with radium to make them shine.