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Well I haven't seen photos of those witches from 100s of years ago. But believe it -hundreds of years ago (16th 17th, 18th centuries and before) -most peoples' teeth by the time they were in their 20s or 30s were going black, even if they were spiritually skilful people with wonderful Souls. In those days if a tooth got bad, it got pulled. Alcohol was the only anaesthetic. So they would have had a few gaps as well.
Those who avoided all "sweetmeats" and drank ale instead of sweet wine would do better! (Water was generally toxic and even deadly, as Typhus and Cholera could be caught by drinking most water.) Most likely, the peasants had better teeth than the upper classes, owing to their rudimentary diet.
But....those witches might have instinctively known what things may cause their teeth to rot -and avoided them! They may have used certain herbs which helped clean their teeth or remove acid and plaque etc.
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