Another study on ancient teeth hygiene

[clerck de bonk]

An article about our ancestors dental hygiene, where specifically hunter-gatherers are mentioned as having significally better teeth than ancient farmers.
(nothing new there but anyways...)
__http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/02/24/172688806/ancient-chompers-were-healthier-than-ours?ft=1

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[Nook]

Thanks for sharing, I think it was worth it.

Prehistoric humans didn't have toothbrushes. They didn't have floss or toothpaste, and they certainly didn't have Listerine. Yet somehow, their mouths were a lot healthier than ours are today.

"Hunter-gatherers had really good teeth," says Alan Cooper, director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA. "[But] as soon as you get to farming populations, you see this massive change. Huge amounts of gum disease. And cavities start cropping up."

And thousands of years later, we're still waging, and often losing, our war against oral disease.

Our changing diets are largely to blame.

and

As for right now, Cooper suggests that one way to help return your microbiome to a healthier, more balanced state might be to cut out all of those processed carbs and start eating like our ancestors.

Sounds like he's another fan of the paleo diet.

 

[irjO]

Their jaws were perfect even for correct output of the wisdom teeth! And now because of our diet we have to deal with that too..