Före bondestenåldern hade vi bra tänder

published Sep 12, 2007 12:32   by admin ( last modified Sep 12, 2007 12:32 )
A bit of context would inform people that all early humans had good dental hygiene, at least by the standards of recent agriculturalists, because tooth decay was exceptionally rare. This is mostly due to the absence of sugars and readily digested starches in ancient diets, but also may be attributable to an increase in the numbers and virulence of oral pathogens.


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