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Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?

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Re: Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?

#51

1 drop clove oil, 1/2 cup water. Swish regularly. It's an antiseptic. 19 years ago I went to the dentist and he told me I needed to have a cavity filled. I skipped that. I didn't go back (or to any other dentist) until last year. Got the x-rays. No cavities. Stuff works. Oh and stop eating sugar.

Antiseptic regrows enamel?

Re: Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?

#52

1 drop clove oil, 1/2 cup water. Swish regularly. It's an antiseptic. 19 years ago I went to the dentist and he told me I needed to have a cavity filled. I skipped that. I didn't go back (or to any other dentist) until last year. Got the x-rays. No cavities. Stuff works. Oh and stop eating sugar.

I eat tons of olive oil and drink water while doing so, I’ve had plenty of cavities, what do you think about that ?

Re: Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?

#55

1 drop clove oil, 1/2 cup water. Swish regularly. It's an antiseptic. 19 years ago I went to the dentist and he told me I needed to have a cavity filled. I skipped that. I didn't go back (or to any other dentist) until last year. Got the x-rays. No cavities. Stuff works. Oh and stop eating sugar.

I eat tons of olive oil and drink water while doing so, I’ve had plenty of cavities, what do you think about that ?

I mistook clove oil for olive oil too

Re: Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?

#56

1 drop clove oil, 1/2 cup water. Swish regularly. It's an antiseptic. 19 years ago I went to the dentist and he told me I needed to have a cavity filled. I skipped that. I didn't go back (or to any other dentist) until last year. Got the x-rays. No cavities. Stuff works. Oh and stop eating sugar.

A cavity is a literal hole in your tooth. No amount of clove oil can fix that.

I'm glad you found something that works for you, seriously, but I'd be careful over attributing. The most likely explanation would be never actually having had a cavity in the first place.

Re: Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?

#57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True but irrelevant. Cavities begin showing up in the historical record several millennia before the advent of candy and soda.

>> He points to a study on a skull from a Homo rhodesiensis man who lived 350 000 years ago. He was closely related to our ancestors in Africa, says the zoologist. The skull was found in Zambia in 1921, and his teeth were not in good condition. More precisely, they were pretty rotten ... He probably didn’t pick between his teeth to remove food debris. Another theory is that he ate a lot of honey. Seems pretty relevan…

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Re: Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?

#58

1 drop clove oil, 1/2 cup water. Swish regularly. It's an antiseptic. 19 years ago I went to the dentist and he told me I needed to have a cavity filled. I skipped that. I didn't go back (or to any other dentist) until last year. Got the x-rays. No cavities. Stuff works. Oh and stop eating sugar.

Antiseptic regrows enamel?

No. Saliva regrows enamel.

Re: Why didn't our ancient ancestors get cavities?

#60

Like to add to this conversation that scientists have found ways to prevent cavities but these are not made available to us. For example, genetically modified streptococcus.

Cool. Got a link on that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caries_vaccine
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