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Yeeowww! Prehistoric Dentists Used Stone Drills 05 April 2006

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The researchers think the dental work may have been done to ease pain, since four of the teeth showed signs of decay and the jaw of at least one individual showed signs of massive infection. One poor soul had three drilled teeth and another had a tooth that had been drilled twice.

The procedure would have caused a lot of pain, too. The holes ranged from about 1 to 3 millimeters in diameter and were about 0.5 to 3.5 millimeters deep.
 
wow, pretty interesting.

In that one Discovery Channel special (hosted by Alec Baldwin, the one about the evolution/history of humankind), they explained how that the people of that era were very very resistent to pain.
 
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
wow, pretty interesting.

In that one Discovery Channel special (hosted by Alec Baldwin, the one about the evolution/history of humankind), they explained how that the people of that era were very very resistent to pain.
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..crude rudimentary dental work pain was one of many painfull experiences they had to endure no doubt.

 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: bleeb
Thanks goodness for modern dentistry!
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novocaine was a godsend.
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..seems to take a ton of that stuff to work on me. The dentist has 3 loaded hypo's ready to go when ever I need serious dental demolition.
 
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