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by peteradio 1009 days ago
How oh how did our ancestors survive without the dental lobby!? How did the children with their rotten ass teeth consume all their goodies and sodie pops with such poorly functioning teeth!? Its a complete mystery, one I'm sure is lost to the sands of the 1950s.
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zaat 1009 days ago
They died at young age, miserably?
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klipt 1009 days ago
Most of our ancestors just ate much less refined sugar, so probably had less need for dental care in the first place.
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zaat 1009 days ago
> ...there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently (shakespeare)

Why defer to a baseless "probably" when you can easily check what is known about the past? Wikipedia doesn't put the blame on refined sugar but rather point to farming as to what correlated with dental issues. Are you familiar with the barber's pole? that's the sign for the location where our ancestors went to be relived from owning teeth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber%27s_pole

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