This interesting article is about dental archeology ancient dentistry<\/p>\n
A 6,500-year-old tooth packed with beeswax could represent the
\nearliest evidence of a dental filling, newly-published research has
\nannounced.<\/p>\n
Found in part of a human jaw excavated in a cave near Lonche,
\nSlovenia, the tooth is a left canine, thought to have belonged to a
\nman aged between 24 and 30.(dental archeology)<\/p>\n
Research led by Federico Bernardini and Claudio Tuniz of the Abdus
\nSalam Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy examined a vertical
\ncrack in the tooth, which had been filled with a resinous substance.<\/p>\n
Now analysis published in the journal PLOS ONE has revealed this to be
\nbeeswax, possibly used to alleviate pain and sensitivity when chewing
\non the broken tooth.<\/p>\n
The team used a range of scientific techniques including 3-D
\nhigh-resolution x-rays, radiocarbon dating, and infrared spectroscopy,
\nto determine the age and composition of the filling. They suggested
\nthat the wax may have had a therapeutic purpose, though they could not
\nrule out it being applied after the individual\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
\u2018This finding is perhaps the most ancient evidence of prehistoric
\ndentistry in Europe, and the earliest known direct example of
\ntherapeutic-palliative dental filling so far,\u2019 said Federico
\nBernardini. \u2018Bee products were used by prehistoric communities for
\ntechnological, artistic, and medical purposes, but it is thanks to the
\nLonche finding that we can now imagine people doing dentistry in
\nNeolithic Europe.\u2019<\/p>\n
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