I didn't know it had been done back then. Apparently healthy teeth were purchased from impoverished people in Britain and transplanted into the jaws of the wealthy.
Addendum: Reader Caitlin Rhodes remembered this passage from Les Miserables:
... you girl there, who are laughing; if you want to sell me your palettes, I will give you a gold napoleon apiece for them." "What are my palettes?" asked Fantine. "The palettes," replied the dental professor, "are the front teeth, the two upper ones.
“How horrible!” exclaimed Fantine. “Two napoleons!” grumbled a toothless old woman who was present. Here's a lucky girl ! "
Fantine fled and stopped her ears that she might not hear the hoarse voice of the man shouting to her : " Reflect, my beauty ! two napoleons...
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