A study analyzed over 3,000 Viking teeth, suggesting advanced dentistry during the Viking Age. Vikings were found to have coped with acute toothache by filing and pulling out their own teeth. Remineralization of teeth was also discussed on a microscopic level.
Dentistry during Viking Age was surprisingly advanced https://t.co/o1u9M7X9z8
Vikings filed their teeth to cope with pain https://t.co/2GHBx9r7Pk
A study from @goteborgsuni analyzed over 3,000 #Viking teeth, which lead researchers to believe they likely had advanced #Dentistry @PLOSONE #Archaeology https://t.co/4bKcMo0pic
Vikings suffered from acute toothache and were forced to pull out their own teeth to deal with the pain, analysis finds https://t.co/8lLKR8S1vQ https://t.co/s1CVysZuUD
When we think about remineralizing teeth, the general sense of the word has this mysticism, as if it’s an abstract healing process. It helps to see what this looks like on a microscopic level. The pictures below show a tooth that has been demineralized (left) and remineralize… https://t.co/4Eg6Sr5Pol https://t.co/V4X9tB3nK6
Vikings filed their teeth to cope with pain https://t.co/14qn8Jhk8t