Did People In The Medieval Period Brush Their Teeth?

[@drandana3661]

Kevin's mater of fact delivery of these horrific details is truly terrifying

[@Dominik40301]

I Just farted while i was reading the comment

[@drandana3661]

@@Dominik40301 so proud of you, mate

[@darylmckay]

You have to appreciate how much Kevin loves his job!

[@ellenz6249]

Kevin is way too happy to demonstrate tooth removal...almost maniacaly so🤣

[@JJONNYREPP]

What Was Dentistry Like In The Medieval Period? 1506pm 25.6.24 wat dabney? .............................your friend's maniacical glee at the thought of undertaking dentistry of a more primitive hue was, yer right, far too disconcerting.....

[@RighteousnessWillPrevail]

He's trying to make the situation funny and fun.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

Kevin is absolutely hilarious ... what a character!

[@abnurtharn2927]

The most terrifying with visiting the dentist today is the price.

[@lorie76yt]

I wish my dentist gave out prizes 😛 jk 🤗

[@abnurtharn2927]

@@lorie76yt You can probably get some of those little plastic toy figures if you ask nicely 😝

[@Emily.R.W]

Sadly not true. You can visit the dentist office across the street while trying not to think about the fact that you saw a full display from your office window as the married dentist got far too close to his single assistant after work.

[@abnurtharn2927]

@@Emily.R.W I understand that, but for me, paying anything from $150 to $1000 for a single appointment is way more terrifying than seeing the dentist making out with his/her assistant. ☺

[@Lady_Graham]

@@lorie76ytI always get baggies with dental goodies every time I go to the dentist :D

[@CrimsonGuard1992]

"Rich that gets the pleasure. Its the poor that gets the pain." This guy is fantastic.

[@kennixox262]

Not too bad until the introduction of refined sugar in the diet.

[@tedarcher9120]

White bread is basically sugar

[@niki698]

@@tedarcher9120not in the medieval times, then it was mostly chalk 😂

[@Maphisto86]

@@birchlover3377 Dental damage from grit in the flour due to using stone mills was probably more of a problem for people than cavities between the end of the Neolithic and the Industrial Revolution.

[@mangot589]

Yep! 100%. Worn down isn’t the same as cavities. Sugar is one of the worst things that ever happened to humanity.

[@kennixox262]

@@mangot589 Was it in the UK or somewhere else in Europe; they examined teeth from skulls and compared the teeth before the introduction of sugar. Yes, damage from day to day life prior to modern dentistry. The teeth that they examined after the wide spread use of sugar, rot and decay was obvious. Sugar = bad.

[@carolinejames7257]

Kevin is awesome! Nothing he can do will make the subject matter pretty and pleasant rather than grim and gruesome. His combination of expert knowledge, scene setting, dramatic demonstrations, and humour are a great example of showmanship and effective teaching. Matt's contribution as straight man, guinea pig, and teaching aid makes the 'show' that much more effective. Bravo!

[@rl3293]

My parents used to swab my older brother and sister's tonsils with Mercurochrome when ever they had a sore throat. I'm so glad they stopped doing that when me and my brothers came along 15 years later. Yikes!

[@J_McPhearsom]

In the early 1930s, in rural Oklahoma near Cherokee Nation, my grandpa got severe tonsillitis and a ‘doc’ came to town to ‘treat’ him. *He was strapped down to a table, held down by his uncles, and with just a scalpel, the doctor proceeded to cut my grandfather’s tonsils out.* Absolutely nothing to numb the pain before or after. He remembers choking on all the blood running down his throat, worrying he would drown in it, if the sheer terror of it all didn’t kill him first. *He was only 12 years old at the time,* and despite a wide variety of struggles (and triumphs) in his life, at 90 yrs old he still recalls that day with the vivid memory and 1000 yard stair of someone with deeply repressed PTSD about the event. All the more shocking if you understand what a truly unshakable titan of a man he was/is. It took 78 years of life for him to encounter similar pain and horror. Growing up running a farm in rural America was tough, and having to take over for a sick father at 13, but he never lamented it and made him the hard working man he became. The only aspect of that era that he truly was glad to leave in the past was that run in with the dentist/doctor which he called “downright medieval, sadistic, barbaric”. Hearing those words from a man of such true grit makes me think I most of us pansies nowadays would rather die than endure what he did! Idk what dentistry was like in more ‘civilized’ parts of the world in the 1920-40s, but I imagine what he experienced was ‘outdated’ by even 1930s standards.

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

Since ether as anesthetic was known for at least 100 years by the 1930s I'm guessing your grandfather fell into the clutches of a sadistic surgeon. I'm amazed your grandfather survived.

[@J_McPhearsom]

@@serahloeffelroberts9901 my suspicions too! I thought that by the turn of the 20th century, both ethyl-ether and chloroform were common tools of physicians and widely available at pharmacies.

[@mikloridden8276]

Looks like it was a disgusting doctor that enjoyed torture. Especially considering that it occurred in Cherokee nation, this was probably the tamest thing that demon did, especially against the females.. he definitely didnt see people as human. I am sorry your father had to go through that, I pray that doctor is in the Shadow realm now.

[@EffectPlaceboThe]

My grandma was a midwife and did medical... Including treating a scalping once. There's no reason to take tonsils out. Exactly that time frame, before and after. Jyst a guess, but she'd have probably given some of the brandy grandpa made to kill tonsil pain til the infection cleared

[@christafranken9170]

It is possible for the tonsils to get large enough to impede airflow, that would be a good reason to remove the tonsils. Of course, I don't know if that was the case for this grandfather​@@EffectPlaceboThe

[@daniellasalamao3108]

I love Kevin. Please bring him back!

[@davec.8406]

Kevin is the best! I am a surgeon and he makes this type of work which is fascinating yet horrifying. He makes it sound like it's no big deal. Thank you for sharing

[@oldageisdumb]

Kevin thoroughly enjoyed every bit of that

[@HardRockMiner]

I think my dentist is a time traveller from this time.

[@kyletelford2353]

😂😂😂

[@EmmaCruises]

Kevin is a delight 🤣🥰

[@als3022]

The sound effects and the smile, shudder and fun.

[@judycater2832]

The subtle screaming in the background is quite evocative. 😂

[@HaesslichG]

7:55 - that snapping sound... instant trauma.

[@naturewandererZ]

The amount of joy Kevin is getting from this is amazing

[@Charless_Martel]

i would have died, but on the other hand, i might have been poor with better teeth

[@oldageisdumb]

I agree, I wouldn’t have lasted 2 days in medieval times. Zombie apocalypse, either. I’d be in the first wave of dead.

[@Lord_Machiavelli]

Everyone dies, no matter the time period

[@oldageisdumb]

@@Lord_Machiavelli Well someone is missing the humor

[@Lord_Machiavelli]

@@oldageisdumb what humor? I do not understand humor.

[@ingloriousbetch4302]

Bet you're SUPER fun at parties ​@Lord_Machiavelli

[@theeutecticpoint]

This guy is a riot, definitely enjoys this, also nice camera work, really turns the screws, metaphorically

[@jillwanlin9558]

Loved the background screams for added affect lol. I know in later centuries people had a few at the local before dentistry. I’m sure that’s always been a thing. Always appreciate your humorous spin on things ❤HH

[@R0bindahlqvist]

Had a wisdom tooth removed today.. it was some work to get out.. can’t imagine doing that without local anesthesia

[@Max-rn3eb]

and it's still a horrible experience even with local

[@guitarlover1370]

The removal wasn't too bad it was the recovery for me, I still felt quite a bit of pain even with prescriptions, like I wasn't crying but everything was unpleasant even just trying to watch TV gave me a headache, couldn't imagine back then having to remove those teeth and then having to endure a few more days of pain

[@Max-rn3eb]

@@guitarlover1370 agreed, although I did break down crying as an 18 year old man at the time. The dentist gave me 10mg codeine pills which didn't help at all, would break a limb again over the first 2 days of pain after wisdom tooth removal recovery. Still, surviving on Ensure, Ice Cream, Mash and Chicken Broth was pretty nice for a few days haha

[@r00pea]

@Max-rn3eb it just depends. All of mine came out whole and they just wrestled them out with pliers. For some it's more complicated. Once I had enough numbing, I couldn't feel it but I was laughing throughout as I could hear the sounds transmitting through my jaw like balloons squeaking :P

[@Max-rn3eb]

@@r00pea sounds like a relatively pleasant experience, glad things went well for you. I had the exact opposite experience haha, the anesthetic didn't work and one of my teeth got stuck for about 10 minutes, top 10 shittiest experiences of my life easily. At least I had a couple valium beforehand tho xP

[@OmegaWolf747]

I'm so grateful to live in this time with our modern medicine and dentistry.

[@nickLaunder-nh5nb]

Being able to see a dentist now would be nice !

[@pokechatter]

I’ve never had a problem with dental work myself, but if the cultural fear of dentistry in general started with that level of intimacy, I can see why so many people would be terrified.

[@anfearaerach]

For me it's just the sensations that I absolutely hate, sensory issues etc

[@JJONNYREPP]

What Was Dentistry Like In The Medieval Period? 1521pm 25.6.24 what about stiff person syndrome?

[@voyaristika5673]

😂

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@voyaristika5673

[@noahwinberry2475]

Thanks for having Kevin on. He was having so much fun talking about tooth removal

[@Amy-ky5wr]

When visiting India in 2019 I saw there's still street-dentistry. Literally a dentist with a bunch of tools looking like those in this video, with his chair out in the street that the patients sit in and get their dental care in an open, dirty and extremely crowded city street, one of many little businesses that just set up right on the street. So it seems even now, not everywhere is blessed with accessible modern dentistry!

[@ABee-jb9vz]

Not so accessible in the UK since covid

[@keywestalert6329]

This video was so interesting that it felt like it was 5 min long. The dentist/doctor loves his job.

[@AB78]

I love the sound affects 😮 really brings it home 😂. I am so appreciative that I live in an era of modern medicine 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@allanhiggins313]

This is the best Dr. Goodman episode ever!

[@dustingreen9075]

I've read that the wear on teeth, especially amongst the poor, was from grit in the meal used for bread and porridge, as the grinding stones left abrasives behind.

[@Taylor7668US]

Its so interesting to listen and see how far we have come

[@PopularMonsterUSA]

I'm scared of flossing so my dentist told me to "only floss the teeth I want to keep!' Best advice I ever got. :)

[@christafranken9170]

I got compliments on how well I flossed. My conclusion was that I apparently do not actually need to floss (Me personally, this isn't medical advice)

[@dementus420]

Kevin seems to enjoy all this an awful lot.😅 I love British people.

[@JJONNYREPP]

What Was Dentistry Like In The Medieval Period? 1514pm 25.6.24 i surmise the peasants being introduced to the orient and oriental mores ended up whigged out on opium and laudanum if they weren't already... as, i surmise, the romans brought that medical crutch with them when they, allegedly, invaded Britain all those years ago...

[@josephcollins6033]

Thanks so much, Matt.

[@tobyjohnson-ellis7897]

Awesome vid, hope you can find and show how medieval people treat the hair and shaved and such.

[@Romyyy9]

this was a really well done and interesting video!

[@AceMoonshot]

I recall when they found the teeth from the remains of sailors on a sunken British ship. They were remarkably cavity free. Even the wear didn't seem that bad. But what kind of freaked me out the most was how Pre-Columbus Mayans were already doing root canals. They also did dental modifications like embedding gemstones etc. All without metal tools. If it was me, I'd think if you stood outside when it is quiet, you could still hear my screams echoing throughout the centuries.

[@Robynhoodlum]

They didn’t need metal. They had obsidian blades - which are actually highly prized for precision scalpels to this day!

[@AceMoonshot]

@@Robynhoodlum Errr...do you know what a root canal entails? A scalpel on flesh is one thing. Precision drilling through a tooth's enamel and into the root to core out the nerves is something else altogether.

[@peppertrout]

Mayans did cosmetic dentistry but certainly not root canals.

[@abasudoh7459]

2:11 - 3:18 Reminds me of using charcoal or ground shells like once a year when I was a kid

[@Ragerian]

bread would wear down teeth because fragments of stone would flake off into the flour they were eating

[@kimberleysmith818]

It would also act in a way to clean the teeth. A lot of the bread was very coarse so it would help keep the teeth healthy. Well alas healthy as they could be back then.

[@SuperSmith]

@@kimberleysmith818without sugar the bacteria that cause decay don't work. So the people who very rarely could have sweet things probably had better teeth than we do today, from a decay perspective anyway.

[@lizzietheoldbiddy262]

SO interesting. Thank you

[@modestlyneutral]

Love this. So interesting.

[@paul6925]

Kevin seemed to enjoy that a little too much

[@benjaminemiliani6756]

Can we get an update on Kevin’s recent activities 🧐

[@stofopdenaald132]

That guy really loves his gruesome dentist stories 😂

[@peterscrafton5212]

I have very recently had to have most of my teeth out: they had broken, crumbled and/or sunk out of sight. I was in terror of dentistry, having had several experiences which were, to put the matter, very painful when in the dentist's chair. I therefore avoided dentistry for decades- but I must say that techniques and pain relief have developed tremendously, over the past 30 years.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Fantastic video

[@yeeter6240]

Can anyone help me identify or link the book he mentions at 4:05

[@miaow8670]

1:28 That statuette is so freaking funny 😂😂

[@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761]

Also remember that people felt pain differently. As a kid we had fillings done without anaesthetic.... today that's unheard of 😂

[@LisafromNOLA]

11:11 the look on his face!! 😅😂

[@mountainjay]

Kevin's glee is so scary!!! 😳😳😳

[@AnyRoadAnyTime]

Kevin is easy to appreciate.

[@georgiafrye2815]

I read they used to brush teeth with a rush weed of sorts. It looked like a brush.

[@las10plagas]

got two teeth pulled last year. I will never forget the disgusting cracking, when the surgeon twisted them out. BUT... no pain. neither during procedure, nor afterwards 🙂 so I'm only left with the sound it made, which I am happy about

[@charliem5332]

If that guy was the dentist I'd be shitting myself

[@54mgtf22]

Another great video. Thanks HH 👍

[@smithnatalie4803]

This was so funny 😂 keep these videos coming

[@Grandmotherof3]

Our diets today are definitely not the healthiest, with the exception of fresh fruits being more available.

[@CashelOConnolly]

Fruit contains a lot of sugars. Don’t be lulled into thinking because it’s fruit it won’t harm your teeth 🦷🩸🦷🩸

[@kimzales87]

Even they are affected, having less nutrients than in times past

[@Noah_E]

Citrus fruits have a lot of acid. Also not good for teeth

[@jsomebody2289]

I got to work with a dentistry team on a missions trip. Some people walked for 12 hrs to come get teeth pulled with very limited to no anesthetic. I was amazed that there wasn't more crying and grateful for my job of just sanitizing tools and taking away used plastic bottles full of teeth and gauze.

[@Kevan808]

Hilarious when he almost died from the pepper tooth paste 😂

[@detectivety1866]

Mint is antibacterial. Marjoram is antimicrobial. Pepper would increase blood circulation. Rosemary and honey are antibacterial, though, yes sugar as well. Wine would kill bacteria depending on the potency of the wine. Would be interesting to see if they added thyme at some point - antifungal.

[@GlassShardBallPit]

this channel is heading in the very correct direction

[@Bigshoots-ny2pr]

Couldn't even imagine

[@Dale---]

Tuth.

[@Screwball70]

When I was a lad my dad was a poacher so I have been skinning and gutting and butchering animals of various sizes, I have been a soldier in the British army and nothing shocked me or made me squeamish but watching this had me cringing and sliding off the sofa

[@ClintWestVood]

Just had a tooth removed. 0 pain. they also just used plyers. sounds creepy when its happening. 0 pain and closed in a day. pretty cool

[@Luna-wg6ic]

I once pulled a friend's tooth out with pliers because she couldn't afford the dentist. We used vodka as her anaesthetic. I needed a few beforehand to steady my nerves, then I gripped her tooth, checked with her it was the right one, then pushed the tooth backward, then forward, then down. Out it came and she was delighted with the Luna Dentistry Company. Result!

[@williamrobinson7435]

I'm interested in the practice of having a loud music outside the barbershop during the extraction process. If mediaeval, then there would perhaps be sackbutts, crumhorns, shawms, various brass & wind instruments capable of kicking up q a racket, along with tabors (drums) and shouting vocals "HEY DING-A-DING DING!!" kind of thing.. Who knows what the patient and dentist were up to in there, with THAT going on? Nice one gents! 😁🌟👍

[@sarahnixdorf1]

Had a cavity tooth worked on last yr, they just numbed me up with local, would've done fine with the numbing gel. Nowadays it's give me numbing stuff and let me relax then its done.

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

I LOVE this way of making videos ! Funny and informative at the same time. History Hit rules

[@Robynhoodlum]

Be grateful for anesthetic! It doesn’t work for everyone. Those pliers looked awfully familiar because that’s how they pulled my tooth at 17 after 4 shots of novacaine failed to work. Eventually my dentist told me to suck it up since the tooth was almost out anyway. Found out later via X-ray that my nerve was not in the proper place! Needless to say, I paid out of pocket for laughing gas when I had to get my wisdom teeth pulled!

[@nocomment3677]

I have cross enervation. The nerves in my top front teeth are all out of place, so to numb me there, they have to numb from canine to canine and my palate. Figuring that out was *brutal* Sounds like you might have that as well.

[@rachelgates509]

Albucasis, the medieval scholar from the Middle East that they mentioned at 12:48 in the video, was he the guy who also invented the abacus??

[@MrJakeTucker]

Matt's head in a leg lock! Lol. This video got me thinking of cloves to help with the pain. Or clove oil. Didn't hear cloves mentioned. Don't know if they knew how to make clove oil in medieval times. I have no idea if a person could buy cloves at the time in Europe. Maybe expensive like the pepper. I wonder if they knew cloves could help with teeth pain. This also got me thinking about when I was in my late 20s and had a tooth removed. The dentist had a lot of trouble. I had about 10 injections and was in his chair for almost 2 hours.

[@ΣτελιοςΠεππας]

There were a lot of different methods available to deal with the pain. They're probably not mentioned in this video since most of them were probably not widely available.

[@pheart2381]

They would stuff cavities with pain killing herbs powdered. If you have toothache you will try literally anything. They would have known which herbs were analgesic. They would have had cloves,but expensive.

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

Cloves and pepper were trade items since Roman times. I'm sure the healers of the time were aware of medicinal qualities of spices.

[@user-su1bi8xx9d]

Very interesting but as a dentist I can tell you the forceps have definitely developed! There are many different types... universal, lowers, beaked,cowhorns, luxators, Cryers, Couplands, apical picks etc And we don't pull teeth. We use pressure to expand the bone/socket and break the attachment of the ligaments. Its a bit of a myth that teeth are pulled. Mainly there is a lot of pushing

[@NocasCC18]

i love Kevin he's fantastic

[@fig-hood7834]

Dentist Kevin makes us smile

[@idgriffin56]

How wonderful

[@lirisa1869]

Why do I imagine Kevin operating a torture chamber? "Now, friend, I don't want anything unfortunate to happen to you. It's a simple matter of telling me what I want to know. Nothing more. Let's make this easy on yourself shall we?. It's most unfortunate we haven't come to a mutual beneficial understanding yet." Kevin smiles. How is this man so delightful and brings up sinister images to me?

[@sethaost4212]

This guy loves this guy. Because he can show everything and talk about everything.😂

[@sharonkaczorowski8690]

My mother told me that my great grandmother cleaned her teeth with a fresh twig & baking soda. I don’t know if she eventually turned to more modern methods, but when she died in her 80s, she still had all her teeth.

[@helmort]

Stopped at 08:03. I'm sorry, i can't do it 😭😭😭

[@andrelambert7180]

Although quite a fascinating man, Mr. Goodman has a very sinister smile. Matt was very brave in that episode. 😅

[@tobygeorgeharribo]

I’ve had two teeth pulled with pliers (had sunk beneath their neighbours - 2nd premolar on each side of lower jaw were pulled, several adult teeth never formed and I still have I think 4 baby teeth at age 26) On the note of anaesthesia, I had two anaesthetic injections on each side and it still hurt like a bitch, easily my worst pain

[@RedVRCC]

They were on the right track with using alcohol in the mouthwash, but adding sweet items like honey kinda offset it. They'd probably be better off rinsing with hard liquor, as high alcohol content beverages can also be used as an emergency disinfectant (minimum usually of 100 proof to be effective).

[@Yandarval]

I can symathise with the past. I had a tooth (abcess) extracted when I was seven. Unbknownst to everyone. I am very resistent to the stuff used in the 70s. The sadistic bastard STILL yanked it out. The icing on the cake is, I have very deep tooth roots, like my mother. So no easy extractions for me. Even though the post 2000s meds sort of work now. It still hurts a lot. One dentist had to replace a chair armrest from one lot of work. I had manged to puncture the chair arm with my nails. I had been digging in so hard. I have to combat the fight or flight every damn second Im in the chair.

[@kenw6459]

I'm convinced that when they saw the nerve, they thought it was a worm. "I don't like the way it wiggles around!" Lol

[@ivorybow]

We are appalled they used arsenic. However, in my lifetime, I had mercury fillings. I had them all removed and cleaned out in 2003. The oral surgeon and his assistance wore hazmat protection, and they covered my nose with sealed air supply, and put a dam in my upper throat to prevent me from breathing mercury vapor, or swallowing mercury.

[@alisonpage5994]

No the didn’t. Amalgam fillings are perfectly safe to remove like any other filling and still get used from time to time

[@doncook2054]

The more we learn, the upward mobility of their modernity gets faster and faster.....

[@kohinarec6580]

The problem is not necessary _sugar_ as in white sugar. The problem is carbohydrates that bacteria in the mouth digest, creating acids. Teeth can rot even if one never eats a single ounce of sugar. Of course eating plenty of refined sugar is a major contributor to tooth rot. I'd also like to point out that malnutrition causes dental problems.

[@hankskorpio5857]

Ohhh so thats the image they used to design the Tooth Whip in Shadow of the Erdtree!!!

[@Ngamer834]

Brilliant really interesting

[@josephcollins6033]

"I HOPE NONE OF THAT MEANS WE'RE MARRIED NOW." Bahahahahahahahahaha! This is so interesting AND A RIOT, MATT!!!

[@lestupidunicorn]

I'd rather die than go to the dentist has never been so real

[@fleurkus]

My mother told me about her great uncle who said the dentist used to come to town and extract teeth in the open air. He was accompanied by a drummer who drowned out the screams by beating his drum .

[@nazhopkins5825]

Kevin is a national treasure, we must protect him.

[@erikgranqvist3680]

Maybe a stupid question: did surgeons refuse everybodys teeth, or did they make exeptions for people high up enough? And if so, did that mean high nobility and royal families got less experienced dentists (I.e surrgeons)?

[@jeremyd1869]

So glad I didn't live during the medical dark ages.

[@elizabetha2601]

That laugh when he’s describing the worst tooth extraction method

[@davidviner5783]

Is pepper a good thing? Yes, because pepper is expensive.