Dental Health in Ancient Cultures
We tend to assume that people from earlier eras (especially the pre-industrial ones) must have had terrible dental health, but that’s not always true.
We tend to assume that people from earlier eras (especially the pre-industrial ones) must have had terrible dental health, but that’s not always true.
Teeth have many different uses, from chewing our food to helping us speak clearly to forming the structure of our faces.
Parents can do a lot to help their child come into the dentist’s office feeling relaxed and positive.
There won’t be a pop-quiz later, but we still want our patients to be familiar with the anatomy of their teeth.
Not much was understood in Medieval England about cavities or gum disease.
Some of us remember the soreness and discomfort of our incoming adult molars, not to mention how hard it was to chew.
There’s a lot of strange stuff buried in the history of dental health and hygiene.
Childhood is a time of scraped knees and bumps and bruises as kids run around discovering the world.