February 4, 2015 Malocclusion and dental crowding arose 12,000 years ago with earliest farmers
Malocclusion and dental crowding arose 12,000 years ago with earliest farmers
The same shift to a farming diet left its mark on ancient teeth in other ways — researchers have even read our history in ancient dental plaque, a ‘whey’ into our milk-drinking past.
Diet shaped our mouths then, and daily habits shape them now — which is why the basics of good dental hygiene still matter, well beyond just tooth decay.
