Researchers characterized the oral microbiomes of the Japanese population across time by analyzing the DNA preserved in ...
Researchers have characterized the oral microbiomes of the Japanese population across time by analyzing the DNA preserved in dental calculus of human skeletal remains. The researchers compared ...
Microbe DNA from ancient dental calculus offers insights into past oral microbiomes of the Japanese people, including the phylogeny of the periodontal disease-associated archaeon, M. oralis.
Apart from the mathematical calculations required to run a modern dental practice, dental calculus has a history stretching eons into the past. By its preservation of gastronomic comestibles, dental ...