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Scout26

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British Dental Practice sure went downhill
« on: February 03, 2018, 05:23:42 PM »
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Re: British Dental Practice sure went downhill
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2018, 05:56:21 PM »
Apparently, sugar cane was less available.
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Re: British Dental Practice sure went downhill
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2018, 10:53:31 PM »
The British have a long history of bad dental problems.   It's what got their govt healthcare system started,  but that hasn't helped at all.
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Re: British Dental Practice sure went downhill
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2018, 11:15:04 PM »
A hunter-gatherer diet, or even an early agricultural one, full of tough fiberous foods has been known to be conducive to straight teeth, and limited evidence of tooth decay.

The trade off is that your nice straight teeth would be worn down to nubs by the time you were in your 30s, but then not many lived past forty, so not a huge handicap.

So have your kids chew tree bark and pine cones they find, it'll save you a bunch on braces.   =D
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Re: British Dental Practice sure went downhill
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2018, 10:00:20 AM »
I believe it was Weston price about 100 years ago that researched the more "primitive" or undeveloped cultures and thier superior teeth and jaw formation and overall health as well as dental health. He was one of the pioneers of modern nutrition. Unfortunately the civilized world ignored him and went full throttle processed food.
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Re: British Dental Practice sure went downhill
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2018, 01:00:33 PM »
I would also think that people with really bad teeth were less likely to survive.  That said, I thought I heard someone else talk recently about industrial age diets being a lot worse than pre-industrial outside cities at least. 
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2018, 04:46:12 AM »
"I would also think that people with really bad teeth were less likely to survive."

Probably a component.  (Seriously.)

Or the resultant bad breath inhibited copulation.  (Not so seriously.)

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