We Didn't Brush Then.... Why Brush Now? (Did Our Ancestors Brush Their Teeth?)

[@TeethTalk]

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[@jessci36]

My great grandfather never went to the dentist, and had HORRIBLE teeth problems!

[@kayleevanrenen6190]

This is honestly my favorite youtube channel. You and your team do such a great job, Whitney!!!

[@TeethTalk]

thank you SO much for being here :) and for commenting kind!!!

[@jeffwalther]

Having bad teeth will likely result in the most intense pain I will experience in my life. It has so far.

[@stephstephsteph]

So if you brush 2x & floss, theoretically you shouldn't lose your teeth when 60+ years old?

[@WinterMasterPocket]

yep,adding the water picker and mouth wash you should be fine till 100 but talking about color is a way more complicated thing to manage.

[@lapatatadelplato6520]

There is also one thing that wasn't mentioned - tooth wear. Ancient humans had excessive wear, even at relatively young ages. Yes, the harder more fibrous diet wasn't nearly as conducive to tooth decay, but it did cause incredible wear on the tooth surfaces. This essentially meant that many people had tooth pain from wear, and there are excerpts in the Middle Ages of people going to their barbers to get a very painful tooth stub pulled. It's quite graphic. So, your diet either grinds your teeth to a pulp, or dissolves it away. Oral hygiene can ameliorate the latter, but not the former. So everyone, take care of your teeth.

[@donatina1987]

Whitney please start a series on gum recession ❤😢

[@TeethTalk]

love that idea! will definitely add to my list! until then -- here is my one gum recession video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHLWf32Zl5mcl8k hope this helps!

[@stenzabeauty]

I agree, the fact that you still have to argue this with ADULTS is crazy 😂 love your videos ❤

[@TeethTalk]

thank you!!!!

[@andythousand345]

I’ve always wondered about this. Thanks for the video.

[@zachwesterhoff]

I like this new format!

[@RushyJam]

Your videos are really fun & engaging. Very well balanced & refreshing 🙏🏾 blessings

[@TeethTalk]

thank you so much for watching!

[@stephenjames6534]

Hi whitney, happy tuesday. You wonder how we will be cleaning our teeth in 50 years time, how much we would have advanced in technology and products. 😁. I bet all of your subscribers will still have there teeth by then thanks to your advice.

[@cindkmac]

History of thousands of years ago shows we did brush. History is an amazing thing. Find out👍

[@TeethTalk]

yep! like I said in the video there were many ancient cultures that did use toothbrush type tools :)

[@Ash-kq7ho]

Did ya watch the full video?

[@cindkmac]

Not speaking to the dr about this per say but to those who believe all of mankind were cavemen animals all through the land and we’re basically stupid beings that didn’t brush. That’s all

[@guidoferri8683]

In some countries to be drafted for WW1 you had to have AT LEAST six upper teeth and six lower teeth to be able to eat your rations. Not every young man met this requirement

[@ayasarsour2860]

Thank you very much 😊

[@Katherine_Sawyer]

Can you help me with sometimes to do with my teeth my teeth on the bottom side to the front on the left are further back than the opposite side on the bottom on the right it's making me confused why? I have a a big overbite and I used to chew plastic bottle lids does that make my teeth the way they are? I do struggle with remembering how to brush my teeth and I have had gingervisitis in the past. Can U give me some advice

[@carlapilaraguirre-marco6351]

Cave man used toothpicks, even neanderthals

[@matthewduggan1378]

I have pain with percussion and hard biting but heat and cold don't affect me

[@matthewduggan1378]

Is it just my teeth like a crack or a cavity which I can see at all or is it sinus pressure

[@hellspree]

To me, if they want to argue that they know better and don't need to brush their teeth, then good luck to them.

[@anna11.11]

Hey Whitney, i have a question. So my dentist is my relative, and im not satisfied with some of the work he's done, so i went and got it redone by another dentist. And now i need to go back to him for regular teeth cleaning, so i wanted to know if he will notice the new fillings and that his work has been redone?

[@yomiseno]

You're right on that but humans are still on the constant need to survive. We didn't really leave that "phase". People hunt food through competing (LinkedIn), people want to find a cave (housing, an apartment or house), some meat (from Walmart), etc.. nothing really changed when it comes to that even when humans developed consciousness, it has become their primary nature. It's just that, humans became broader. I heard cavemen before would even celebrate milestones, count days, etc.. "IIII-IIII-/", etc.. they also saw "fire" as their savior, they have an interest in what's out there, like Plato's writing says. Cavemans were curious, they just weren't as intelligent as humans nowadays, so it affected their capability of maintaining their hygiene or health, til they discovered fire -- to stop eating raw food that causes diseases, poisoning and worms, and so on..

[@lapatatadelplato6520]

Cavemen, at least homo sapiens had comparable intelligence to modern day humans, maybe more as average human brain size has gone down in the evolutionary timeline (ik weird right). Its just that they didn’t have the same collective knowledge we have now. Figuring out that food sticking between your teeth causes them to rot away takes a lot of concerted effort. An average modern day human born in a society with equivalent collective knowledge as early humans would have had the same luck trying to figure out how to brush their teeth.

[@donatina1987]

And we used to live to max 40 years old, or die when delivering babies…

[@AvengersEndGame2015]

I have a pain in my mouth. I'm not sure what it is. Like when I bite down then when I don't bit it releases pressure. I'm going to the dentist tomorrow so I'll update you guys

[@lexiisreading9486]

what's the update

[@resy4]

Do we still have to explain this on 2024??!! 😂😂😂

[@TeethTalk]

yep! so many of the comments are still disagreeing with me... 🫠

[@michellezhu3434]

Hi I’m new ur subscriber 🙂

[@TeethTalk]

hi! thank you for being here :) :) :)

[@gardeniainbloom812]

You're lovely but the only part of this video worth listening to was that modern diets are the culprit. Ancient Egyptians ate plenty processed carbs, hence their poor dental health. You have to go back much further when humans ate largely a meat and seafood diet to discover teeth were in great shape. Impacted teeth are a result of poor nutrition. Read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.

[@itmeboh]

Brilliant

[@jackeddemon]

Fun fact: cavemen flossed before they brushed their teeth. Yet, Z-genners do it backwards

[@BenjaminSkurka-ry1ns]

I'm 99.9% sure it's because of the sugar and 100% sure it's because of our diet.

[@Pottszy]

Yesss!! Our ancestors didn’t brush, but they didn’t have any teeth left either!!

[@Waltaere]

🦷 taalk 🤠

[@laurenschenck5355]

PEACE LOVE TEETH 🦷🎉🩵🪥🦷🪥🩵🪥🦷🎉🪥🪥🦷🦷

[@bryanbravo563]

Peace love teeth

[@TeethTalk]

PLT :)

[@jumpshotkangaroo7585]

Getting tooth pulled in an hour, pray for me 😢😅

[@coloradomark2159]

Bet your oral routine will take on new emphasis after today. Going on 72 and lost only one molar, knock on wood. I'm in real good shape these days as a result of being better educated on oral health, Whitney and others. Dentist doesn't see much of my $$ these days. .... guessing your extraction itself won't be a huge deal. Afterwards?

[@Teal_Blastoise]

@jumpshotkangaroo7585 good luck!

[@Denchanter]

Don’t do it. Too expensive to replace

[@coloradomark2159]

I've heard T-Rex meat is pretty tough to gum.

[@kylielawter5906]

Hi

[@TeethTalk]

hi!

[@laurenschenck5355]

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[@gardeniainbloom812]

Modern medicine, fewer accidents, not being chased by prey, infant mortality down. We are certainly not eating healthier.

[@KamariEvans-w4t]

Like the video just got done brushing Teeth Talk less the good breath become kamari Evans

[@yomiseno]

:oo

[@georgesmith7625]

Wrong, wrong, WRONG!! This video is absolute trash. Please read this comment, it will unteach you all the nonsence she said. (1) Tooth decay started with civilizations, because of unhealthy dietry changes, such as bread. Yes, bread (and other grain products) is a major contributor to plaque forming on teeth. (2) As dog eats what dog is supposed to be eating, it has fresh oral smell and healthy teeth. And dog has terrible oral smell (and eventualy tooth decay) when given bad foods. Same with any other mammal, including people. (3) Hunter-gatherer tribes had their teeth in a better condition than us today. Do your research, it is a FACT. If anything, modern children are having more tooth decay at younger ages than any other generation before us. Our (uncivilized) ancestors where doing better than us because they had better diets, which incluces: less grain, less sugar, not munching all the time, hard abbrasive foods which do not let form plaque. (4) Even though her arguing is a pile of trash, her conclusion is correct. Yes, we have to brush teeth. Because we are civilized people and we live in a way which is incongruent with our genetic making.

[@TeethTalk]

I talked about the differences in diet and how we are different now than we were then -- which is why we need to brush now :) hope this helps!

[@hellspree]

So you didn't actually watch the video. Got it.

[@Some_random_Stickman]

Damn you did not watch the video damn

[@lapatatadelplato6520]

Whats funny is that even though hunter gatherers have fewer cavities, they do have worse periodontal issues. Even teenagers in some of these societies had really deep pockets (5-6mm). At least according to the investigations of Weston Price. I am not contradicting anyones point here, it is just interesting imho.

[@gardeniainbloom812]

You are correct. Hopefully in time she will expand her reading.

[@Chuubie]

This content makes it so easy to binge learn about the whole ecosystem happening inside my mouth with my teeth! 🪐 Also I live for the shoulder shimmy! I love that you genuinely care about delivering all this education!