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People living in Roman Britain had healthier gums than their modern-day descendants, a feat of archaeological dentistry shows.
A team at King's College London and the Natural History Museum found only 5% of adults had gum disease in the Roman, and certainly pre-toothbrush, era.
Modern day smoking and type 2 diabetes are blamed for a figure of nearly one in three today.
But ancient Britain was certainly not a golden age of gleaming gnashers.
The smiles of our ancestors were littered with infections, abscesses and tooth decay, the study showed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29739388
A team at King's College London and the Natural History Museum found only 5% of adults had gum disease in the Roman, and certainly pre-toothbrush, era.
Modern day smoking and type 2 diabetes are blamed for a figure of nearly one in three today.
But ancient Britain was certainly not a golden age of gleaming gnashers.
The smiles of our ancestors were littered with infections, abscesses and tooth decay, the study showed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29739388