In a cave in Slovenia, archaeologists found a human jawbone with intact teeth. One in particular captured their attention because it had a cavity filled in with beeswax. At 6,500 years old, this is the oldest dental fill...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/09/22/Archaeologists-Find-Stone-Age-Dental-Filling/
Afraid of the dentist? If you have dentophobia, you probably thought that dentists are trained in medieval torture techniques, with this gruesome looking piece above as a temporary stand-in for your j...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/01/gruesome-dental-mannequin/
Oobject gathered pictures of dentistry from past and probably pain-filled generations.... ...via Gizmodo | Previously: A Pictorial History of Dentistry
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/19/clever-and-sometimes-horrifying-tools-from-the-history-of-dentistry/
Cavities in teeth are normally drilled clean and then filled with an artificial material. This procedure could become obsolete if a new hormone treatment proves successful: The gel or thin film contains a peptide kno...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/30/new-gel-could-regenerate-human-teeth/
We've been trying to preserve, repair, or remove our teeth for thousands of years. From the manual bow drill to modern veneers, this post shows how far we have come in the quest for good, or at least functional, teeth....
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/19/a-pictorial-history-of-dentistry/
Edgar Parker opened his dental practice in 1892 an... ...actice on the road and became "the P.T. Barnum of dentistry ." Dentistry as entertainment? Working in the 1890s during th...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/08/painless-parkers-dental-circus/(YouTube Video) This dentist no doubt inspires confidence in his patients with his tower made from 28,000 teeth from previous patients: This 8ft tower of teeth is foul, and the summit of 15 years work by Yu Qian, a...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/31/a-tower-made-from-human-teeth/
