You may not want to try this at home. A simple wax cap that was applied to a broken tooth 6500 years ago is the oldest dental filling on record. It adds to evidence that Neolithic communities had a ...

An ancient cracked tooth repaired with a filling made of beeswax may be the earliest known example of therapeutic dentistry, researchers say. The tooth is 65 centuries old and was part of a man's jaw ...

A scanning electron microscope image of the ancient tooth, and the location of the beeswax filling. Bernardini et al., PLOS One Long before the advent of the tooth fairy, early human societies were ...