Interesting Facts About The History Of Dentistry
FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DENTISTRY Before the agricultural revolution , tooth decay was very low. But 10,000 years ago spurred the growth of farming society, an event that correlated with an increase in cavities. There is evidence of dentistry as far back as 7000 BC in the Indus Valley Civilization, a Bronze Age civilisation that was in what is now northeast Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwest India. Their form of dentistry involved curing tooth related disorders with bow drills, a reliable and effective practice that we use in another form today. It is dated back 6500 years. From a Sumerian text in 5000 BC up until the 14 th century AD, people all over Asia, Europe and Africa believed that tooth worms caused tooth decay. Tooth decay was low in pre-agricultural societies, but the advent of farming society about 10,000 years ago correlated with an increase in tooth decay (cavities). An infected tooth from Italy partially cleaned with flint tools, between...