What famous historical event or events do you think might have been caused or influenced by an oral disease?
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Inspired by the fact that historians have said King Richard III, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Vincent Van Gogh, King Tut, Napoleon Bonaparte, and John F. Kennedy had severely painful gum diseases, and Napoleon and Kennedy each may have lost a major battle because of oral disease.<br><br>​<br><br>The Great Fire of London.<br><br>​<br><br>Even though the fire took place in 1666, historians say it "seems" to have started in a bakery, without giving any reasons why it might have started in a bakery. Since the Great Fire centuries ago, there have been numerous fires in commercial bakeries, particularly in the ovens, which cause millions of dollars in damage each year. Many ovens being used today are identical to the type being used in 1666, and it is likely the ovens in 1666 were not well maintained, explaining why they often caught fire. It's possible the Great Fire started as an oven fire in a bakery in London. If this theory is correct, it is possible the bakery burnt down because of an oral disease, rather than an accident or the conditions of the bakery. The famous case of oral disease causing a major fire is that of a Japanese woman whose oral disease caused her to breathe out so much oxygen her lace hairstyle caught fire, which spread to the rest of her hair and clothing, which burnt so badly she was hospitalized. It is possible that the person tending the oven in a bakery in London in 1666 burnt down half the city by breathing on an oven flame.
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