One can only speculate about what everyday life was like in Scandinavia during the Viking era. But one thing is clear: people were not yet eating Santa Claus, gingerbread or chocolate pralines; At that time, cocoa beans only grew in America, which was far from being colonized by Europeans. Nevertheless, the Scandinavians back then had shockingly bad teeth. And like researchers led by dentist Carolina Bertilsson from the University of Gothenburg in the specialist journal Plos One to reportin their time of need they resorted to some surprisingly progressive means.
How Vikings Treated Dental Problems – Knowledge
