[Sca-cooks] dental was Green stuff and brown glop

[Johnna Holloway]

A quick search through various databases doesn't wholeheartedly  
support this notion that their teeth were perfect because
they didn't eat sugar.
Here's one abstract that notes the typical treatments. Br Dent J. 2004  
Oct 9;197(7):419-25.
Dental treatment in Medieval England. By T. Anderson

Medieval (12th-14th century) medical literature suggests that care of  
the teeth was largely limited to non-invasive treatment. Cures, mainly  
for toothache and "tooth worm" were based on herbal remedies, charms  
and amulets. Bloodletting was advised for certain types of toothache.  
There is also documentary evidence for powders to clean teeth and  
attempts at filling carious cavities. Surgical intervention for oral  
cancer and facial fracture is also known. Post-operative infection and  
abscess formation can be identified and early forms of false teeth are  
mentioned.

Another study noted that chronic inflammatory disease of the maxillary  
sinus was present and "In contrast to the present-day situation, we  
found dental infection to be a major cause of maxillary sinusitis."

Johnnae, playing librarian

On Jan 28, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Mark Hendershott wrote:

> I'll look although I remember it as a newspaper or magazine article  
> on the web, not the scholarly article itself.
>
> Simon
>
> At 11:11 AM 1/28/2011, you wrote:
>> Can you find those articles?
>> Aelina

>> From: Mark Hendershott <crimlaw at jeffnet.org>

>> I think I recall seeing reports that analysis of skeletal remains
>> from the (early?) medieval period revealed pretty good teeth and that
>> poor dentition began to be more noticeable later on.