July 10, 2009

Letters have revealed that Winston Churchill’s key ally was his dentist – as his biggest fear was losing his ability to speak because he had problems with his teeth.

Throughout his life, the statesman feared that problems with his teeth would affect his public speaking, one of his most powerful attributes.

 

So our country’s greatest ever Prime Minister enlisted the most acclaimed dentist of his generation – Sir Wilfred Fish.

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