The life events of people can be told by teeth
An interesting article titled “Parturitions, menopause and other physiological stressors are recorded in dental cementum microstructure” appears in Scientific Reports written by Paola Cerrito and et al. (vol. 10, pp. 5381, 2020). The article discusess how the life events that people have experienced can be told by their teeth. In the article the researchers conducted a study of cementum microstructure of 47 human teeth, from 15 individuals with a known life history. The teeth were processed at the Hard Tissue Research Unit of the NYU College of Dentistry. The life history events of the patiens like age, illnesses, and relocations were known and had been reported from the patients relatives. The researchers used a series of imaging techniques that illuminated cementum rings, and then linked the rings to different life stages. Doing so allowed them to reveal connections between tooth … Read more