First dentists 9000 years ago!

[golfmontpoker]

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Check it out, pretty interesting stuff! Archeologists find drilled teeth from pakistan dating back 9,000 years ago.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0405_060405_teeth_drill.html

 

[mlle]

i heard about that. but they don't know if it was for rituals or dentistry. and they know that it was VERY painful.

I also read that the first false teeth were invented in Italy in 700BC.

Dentistry is really a skill, and it's cool to learn about its roots I guess...

 

[L8DYV]

Check it out, pretty interesting stuff! Archeologists find drilled teeth from pakistan dating back 9,000 years ago.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0405_060405_teeth_drill.html

wow, must have been painful!