2006
DOI: 10.1038/440755a
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Early Neolithic tradition of dentistry

Abstract: Prehistoric evidence for the drilling of human teeth in vivo has so far been limited to isolated cases from less than six millennia ago. Here we describe eleven drilled molar crowns from nine adults discovered in a Neolithic graveyard in Pakistan that dates from 7,500-9,000 years ago. These findings provide evidence for a long tradition of a type of proto-dentistry in an early farming culture.

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“…Neolithic graveyards (circa 7,000 BC) of the Indus Valley show primitive dental evidence of holes drilled in 11-molars of 9-individuals-possibly with a bow-flint-head drill-tip-in a crude attempt to treat tooth pain [1].…”
Section: Dr a Coppa And Colleagues 2006mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Neolithic graveyards (circa 7,000 BC) of the Indus Valley show primitive dental evidence of holes drilled in 11-molars of 9-individuals-possibly with a bow-flint-head drill-tip-in a crude attempt to treat tooth pain [1].…”
Section: Dr a Coppa And Colleagues 2006mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…sprechen. So lässt sich von einer langen Tradition der Zahnheilkunde reden (a long tradition of a type of protodentistry in an early farming culture) [1]. Mayas wie Inkas, Indianer Nordamerikas, Phönizier und Hebräer und ebenso die Ägypter, sie alle kurierten bereits Zahnerkrankungen, Zahnausfall oder -fehlstellungen [2].…”
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“…He won't mind either, but astronomy is liable to lose out to the biologists (see the percentage of top downloads from Nature above!) in festivities, or so says the keen amateur successor to the first dentist (Coppa et al 2006). • Danish astrophysicist Anja Andersen has won quite a nice prize (Science 310, 1765), though not, we admit, quite so nice as the $1.4 million Templeton Price received this year by John Barrow (Nature 440, 396).…”
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confidence: 99%