As long as humankind has existed we have had toothaches and elaborate procedures to relieve the pain existed as far back as 7000BC. Above is a depiction of the infamous tooth worm believed by many people in the past to bore holes in human teeth and cause toothaches. The worms were first documented in a Sumerian text around 5,000 BC. but references to tooth worms can be found in China, Egypt and India long before they appeared Western Europe in the 8th century.
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