[Renfield]

Ping.

[ConorMacNessa]

Neanderthal dentists used scalers made of stone. Wonder what they used for fillings and crowns.

[mewzilla]

"The teeth have "grooves formed by the passage of a pointed object, which confirms the use of a small stick for cleaning the mouth,"

This is an abstract, but you get the idea :)

Approximal grooving of teeth

[lowbridge]

Turns out Neanderthals had good oral hygiene

They didnt have a sugar processing industry back then.

[SunkenCiv]

Never a better time to reprise this one...

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve

Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

[SunkenCiv]

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[wildbill]

A small stick? We call that a toothpick.

They probably hated it when they got a small piece of cave-bear stuck between their teeth.