A Neanderthal tooth shows clear signs of human intervention to treat bacterial decay, showing that the earliest dentistry ...

Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

Researchers unearthed a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar that shows signs of dental surgery, a discovery that pushes back ...

Molar found in Siberia features deep hole that appears to show earliest known evidence of dental treatment ...

Now, new research published in the journal PLOS One indicates that they were capable of complex dental interventions, which ...

In a study published in the journal PLOS One, researchers from the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography ...

About 59,000 years ago, a Neanderthal suffered from an awful toothache caused by a deep cavity in one of the molars on the lower jaw. That ​tooth has now been discovered inside a Siberian cave, ...

Once the decay gets into the softer dentin layer, most dentists will immediately recommend a filling. But even then, ...

A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar contains evidence of a cavity removal procedure, offering fresh insight into these early ...

However, sugar is not the direct cause of cavities. Nor is it a corrosive substance, like the common classroom experiment ...