Fossil reveals earliest toothache

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 10:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A 275-million-year-old reptile fossil shows the earliest evidence of oral infection, hinting at the origins of our own susceptibility to tooth decay.

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