From the ArcaMax Publishing, Trivia Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/trivia/s-311022-468412
Before all-porcelain false teeth were perfected in the mid-19th century, dentures were commonly made with teeth pulled from the mouths of dead soldiers following a battle. Teeth extracted from U.S. Civil War soldier cadavers were shipped to England by the barrel to dentists.
This news arrived on: 02/29/2008