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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Researchers also believe the bacteria is not as commonly found within ancient teeth because the human diet included less refined sugar and fewer processed foods than are consumed today, Cassidy said. By analyzing the bacteria found on the Bronze Age teeth and comparing it to modern samples, researchers found the ancient S. …
The mouth contains more than 700 species of bacteria in it, but not all of them are harmful. However, dentists have been using various products such as stannous fluoride to prevent plaque accumulation and silver nitrate or silver diamine fluoride to arrest existing cavities. In order to deal with this problem, scientists from the American Chemical Society examined the effectiveness …