MicrobiologybioRxiv
Ancient dental calculus preserves signatures of biofilm succession and inter-individual variation independent of dental pathology
I. M. Velsko, L. Semerau, S. A. Inskip…·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.
DOI 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac148