From Catholic Saints Online: 

St. Apollonia, 

who died in the year 249, was
martyred for not renouncing her faith during the reign of Emperor Philip.
Apollonia had all her teeth knocked out after being hit in the face by a
Christian persecutor under the reign of Emperor Philip. After she was
threatened with fire unless she renounced her faith, Apollonia jumped into
the flames voluntarily. She is considered the patron of dental diseases and
is often invoked by those with toothaches. Ancient art depicts her with a
golden tooth at the end of her necklace. Also in art, she is seen with a
pincers holding a tooth. Her feast day is February 9.
From the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, MD: After refusing to
renounce her faith, St. Apollonia of Alexandria, Egypt, is said to have
endured the extraction of her teeth by her persecutors, a common form of
torture in the Roman Empire. Sentenced to death, she said her prayers and
threw herself into flames, a defiant act of faith and free will that
thwarted her waiting executioners. Canonized in 300 AD, St. Apollonia is the
patron saint of dentistry.
Also, Andy Warhol did a set of silk screen images of St. Apollonia that are
in the collection of the National Museum of Dentistry.
--Thanks to Beth Dunn for the research March 8, 2001

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