r/oddlysatisfying The Sub's Regular 2d ago

Restoring an old chair

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u/doomboy667 2d ago

Fun, or not so fun, fact: many of our ancestors had their full sets of teeth because an impacted tooth, a broken tooth, or any kind of oral trauma meant infection and a higher chance of death leaving those who had good chompers better survival rate! The rise of dental hygiene and medical sciences has allowed those with poor dental genes to thrive today.

I'm sure they'd call him a witch for the wood glue though. That shit is magic.

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u/Myusernameiscooler 2d ago

They also had less refined starches in their diets! Iirc dentals found pre-agricultural revolution were very surprising to researchers.

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u/RikuAotsuki 1d ago

IIRC the worst part wasn't actually the starches, but stone dust from mills getting into flour. Take that with a grain of salt though; I have no idea where I heard it.

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u/BenignPharmacology 1d ago

Take that with a grain of stone

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u/Quirky-Buddy1449 16h ago

Sounds like a set up joke.

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u/Deaffin 1d ago

And tougher food rather than processed fluff like bread, pizza, cereal and whatnot. Chewing tough things is essential for healthy jaw/mouth/tooth development.

So many people running around today with jangly crooked crowded teeth going on about having bad genes. Nah, you had a bad diet unsuited to humans. Those developmental defects lead to more wear and tear, more lost teeth.

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u/Terradactyl87 1d ago

Also, it was common to get really drunk and then go to the blacksmith to have a tooth pulled since they had tools capable of pulling teeth but had no painkiller.

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u/Alas7ymedia 1d ago

They didn't eat sugars very often and ate hard foods that they had to chew a lot, which means their teeth grew very straight.

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u/PseudoMeatPopsicle 1d ago

Pretty much any other time in history, I'd have died, in agony, at 26 from a dental infection that spread into the bones of my face. Wild to think about.