Oldest Dentistry Found in 14,000-Year-Old Tooth
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Oldest Dentistry Found in 14,000-Year-Old Tooth
An infected tooth partially cleaned with flint tools represents the oldest known dentistry, says a new international study on a 14,000-year-old molar. The find represents the oldest archaeological example of an operative manual intervention on a pathological condition, according to researchers led by Stefano Benazzi, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Bologna. It turns out flossing isn't quite the magical solution it's been made out to be. But there's a twist to this story. “It predates any undisputed evidence of dental and cranial surgery, currently represented by dental drillings and cranial trephinations dating back to the Mesolithic-Neolithic period, about 9,000-7,000 years ago, “ Benazzi said.
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