Submitted by Takaharu7 t3_121wuz2 in askscience
Eomycota t1_jdqp86c wrote
They did! Atleast in some population, but not to the same extend as we do. There were teeths that had sign of abrasion that were not due to food or foreign particle, but most likely from tooth pick. There are even dental procedure that were perform to remove cavities. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504065/
Makeshift tooth brush from twig are used in a variety of place and, while there are not evidence, it would not be surprising if people in the past did use those.
At last, people were less prone to dental cavities, maybe 3% to 15% of teeths had cavities. Their overall dental health was just much better than ours.
Takaharu7 OP t1_jdqvius wrote
Thats interesting. I remember there was a tree whose branches were good for your teeth.
tonkats t1_jdr9tke wrote
Varies, but you can see some variants used definitely have medicinal properties. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth-cleaning_twig
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