On Tue, 30 May 2000, Dori Zook wrote:

> >"A diet of meat not only sticks to your bones, it also sticks to
> >your teeth. Peter Ungar, a University of Arkansas anthroplogist
> >who found the grooves, said the the earliest toothpick use may have
> >coincided with the addition of meat to the diet of early humans."
>
> Yeah, but one of the first things I noticed after going low-carb was the
> huge reduction in tooth plaque.  To this day, I have to remind myself to
> brush my teeth; the former pie hole is virtually plaque free.  Did this
> expert forget early humans' lack of cavities?

Plaque is one thing; meat trapped between teeth is something
else.  Trapped meat can rot and cause infection.  Kennewick Man,
the pre-agricultural North American whose remains are in dispute,
had substantial dental abcesses.

Todd Moody
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