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Re:Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaq... by zaat on Sunday September 10, 2023 @01:30PM (#37458024)
I'm not saying there isn't such a country, but the countries with national health care that I know about don't or don't fully cover dental health (presumably because one can live in perfect health with a rotting mouth and not due to a strong dental healthcare lobby /s).
Re:Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaq... by peteradio on Sunday September 10, 2023 @01:46PM (#37458168)
How oh how did our ancestors survive without the dental lobby!? How did the children with their rotten ass teeth consume all their goodies and sodie pops with such poorly functioning teeth!? Its a complete mystery, one I'm sure is lost to the sands of the 1950s.
Re:Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaq... by zaat on Sunday September 10, 2023 @01:48PM (#37458189)
They died at young age, miserably?
Re:Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaq... by klipt on Sunday September 10, 2023 @04:38PM (#37459830)
Most of our ancestors just ate much less refined sugar, so probably had less need for dental care in the first place.
Re:Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaq... by zaat on Sunday September 10, 2023 @05:03PM (#37460059)
> ...there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently (shakespeare)

Why defer to a baseless "probably" when you can easily check what is known about the past? Wikipedia doesn't put the blame on refined sugar but rather point to farming as to what correlated with dental issues. Are you familiar with the barber's pole? that's the sign for the location where our ancestors went to be relived from owning teeth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber%27s_pole