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Originally Posted by RyanW
An aside, but just to disarm a myth, rotting teeth wasn't really as common during the medieval period as most people think. Before about the sixteenth century, sugar was an exotic spice in Europe.
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Originally Posted by Kromm
Though one of the biggest causes of rotting teeth is fruit, which is sugary and leaves bits stuck between the teeth. "Eating apples is good for your teeth" is also a myth.
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Well, as long as we are going on a fun aside (it is my thread after all :-) ), there is this really interesting video about just this myth:
Did people have bad teeth in medieval times?
I found it really fascinating as it is yet another case where we seem to assume that pre-modern people were stupid and supremely unhealthy when they were not.