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April 11, 2016 06:32 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/VEmoudvbM8M/toothworms-yesteryears-expl.html
Toothworms: yesteryear's explanation for cavities
Before we understood about microbes and their relationship to tooth enamel, we imagined that the painful holes in people's teeth were caused by burrowing toothworms (previously), something we confirmed by yanking out the especially sore teeth and observing the fiber-like "worms" (that is, raw nerves) that were left behind. (more…)
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