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Researchers studying a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar from Siberia say the tooth shows deliberate drilling to treat decay, potentially extending the earliest evidence of dentistry by about 45,000 years.

Researchers say a lower jaw discovered in Aberdeen preserves the earliest known dental bridge of its kind in Scotland, made with a 20-karat gold wire that likely held a replacement tooth.

Archaeologists studying remains from a church site in Aberdeen say a late medieval jawbone carried a carefully made gold dental ligature, pointing to advanced dental intervention centuries before modern credentialed care

Researchers report that the physical rigidity of healthy gum tissue helps protect against chronic periodontal inflammation, adding a mechanical dimension to how gum disease may begin and spread.