Ancient dental calculus preserves signatures of biofilm succession and inter-individual variation independent of dental pathology
I. M. Velsko, L. Semerau, S. A. Inskip, M. I. Garcia-Collado, K. Ziesemer, M. Serrano Ruber, L. Benitez de Lugo Enrich, J. M. Molero Garcia, D. Gallego Valle, A. C. Pena Ruiz, D. Salazar Garcia, M. L. Hoogland, C. Warinner
The paper analyzes dental calculus from 19th-century individuals to assess microbial signatures related to smoking and oral health, finding no link between pipe notches and dental pathologies or microbial composition.
bioRxiv · Apr 25, 2022Microbiology