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"This Ozark region is among hundreds of rural American communities that face a one-two punch to oral health: a dire shortage of dentists and a lack of fluoridated drinking water, which is widely viewed among dentists as one of the most effective tools to prevent tooth decay."

npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-53388

Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago

A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of cheek piercings.

It's always amazed me at how humans have mutilated their bodies, in the deep past, even now. Why?

#iceage #piercings #mutilation #teeth

livescience.com/archaeology/ic

Live Science · Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years agoBy Kristina Killgrove