What Happened If You Had a Toothache 50,000 Years Ago?

What would you do if you woke up with a terrible toothache 50,000 years ago? There were no dentists, no painkillers, and no X-rays. So how did Stone Age humans deal with dental problems? In this video, we travel back in time to explore: • Tooth decay in the Stone Age • A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth from Chagyrskaya Cave, Siberia, with marks suggesting someone worked on a cavity • The 14,000-year-old Villabruna tooth in Italy, which shows signs of an early dental procedure • Whether ancient people really had healthier teeth than we do • How modern dentistry compares with the Stone Age Ancient teeth cannot tell us everything, but they give us remarkable clues about how people faced pain long before modern medicine. If you enjoyed this video, please like it and subscribe for more stories from the past. And one last question: if you had to live one week in the Stone Age, how would you deal with your first toothache? Tell us in the comments! #StoneAge #Neanderthals #History #Dentistry #Documentary