History Memes

They also had better teeth than most of us these days by the way.

Similarly bad teeth (with fewer options for treatment and management, like effective fillings), different reasons. Rot was rarer (though still widespread, as in the modern day, something like 50% vs. 90%) because peasants ate few sweet foods; abrasion was universal and often so severe that it led to tooth loss entirely - 'funny' enough, this abrasion also reduced the number of cavities which still occurred despite the low-sweets diet, since cavities were literally worn away.