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Dentists Reveal The Right Time To Brush Your Teeth In The Morning—And It’s Not When You Think  AOL.com Source link

Grinding your teeth at night? Here’s how to fix it  The TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Dentists Reveal the Number-1 Reason Your Teeth Aren’t as White as They Used to Be  AOL.com Source link

5 things dental experts want you to do for healthy teeth and gums  The Washington Post Your mouth, your mirror: How oral health reflects total wellness  Canberra Daily Source link

A collection of dinosaur teeth hailing back to the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods has given scientists a new window into the world’s prehistoric climate. By studying an isotope of oxygen in the fossils to infer atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, a team led by geochemist Dingsu Feng of the Georg August University of Göttingen in Germany has reconstructed the very air …

For the first time, archaeologists have used advanced scientific techniques on 4,000-year-old dental plaque to confirm traces of betel nut chewing in ancient Thai communities. Betel nuts are usually chewed as “quids,” a mix of slaked lime and ground betel nuts—which contain psychoactive compounds that boost energy, alertness, euphoria, and relaxation—wrapped in a betel leaf. The stimulant, which can leave …

Facebook Tweet Email Link For the first time, archaeologists have used advanced scientific techniques on 4,000-year-old dental plaque to confirm traces of betel nut chewing in ancient Thai communities. Betel nuts are usually chewed as “quids,” a mix of slaked lime and ground betel nuts—which contain psychoactive compounds that boost energy, alertness, euphoria, and relaxation—wrapped in a betel leaf. The …

In a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers have uncovered fascinating details about human evolution in ancient Asia through fossilized teeth discovered at the Hualongdong site in Anhui Province, China. The findings, led by Professor Wu Xiujie, director of the Hualongdong excavations, challenge established theories of Homo evolution, particularly in Asia during the Middle Pleistocene era. …

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Link et al/Biology Letters The researchers say the terror bird did not survive the encounter Teeth marks made on the leg bone of a large avian reptile known as a terror bird 13 million years ago suggest an even bigger predator may have killed it, scientists say. Terror birds were top predators – they …

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Harvard University and the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute have uncovered ancient proteins hidden in fossilized teeth, offering a deeper glimpse into the lives and evolutionary history of extinct animals. Published in the renowned journal Nature, their study reveals how proteins, long considered too fragile to survive millions of years, are preserved within the enamel …