Potassium levels in dental calculus -- mineralized dental plaque that may preserve biochemical markers of systemic health -- may be a possible indicator of diabetes. The study was published in BMC ...

Once again, an oral health condition has been linked to heart disease. A new study found that dental patients with prevalent calculus ended up developing chest pain, or angina pectoris, significantly ...

While we may brush and floss tirelessly and our dentists may scrape and pick at our teeth to minimize the formation of plaque known as tartar or dental calculus, anthropologists may be rejoicing at ...

As our closest living relatives, chimpanzees are one of the best analogues for some of our own ancient behaviours. However, our understanding of fundamental behaviours such as diet is limited by ...

Learn more about a new technology that is turning ancient teeth into one of archaeology’s most powerful tools. For decades, archaeologists have relied on chemical signatures locked inside ancient ...

A study has, for the first time, identified minute traces of broomcorn millet consumption directly from human dental calculus, offering an unprecedented window into medieval diets and expanding the ...

Using advanced sequencing technologies, anthropologists demonstrate that human DNA can be significantly enriched from dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) enabling the reconstruction of whole ...

Editor’s Note: Christina Warinner is a research assistant at the Center for Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zürich, Switzerland and will be a research associate at the Molecular ...

Researchers have deciphered the diet of an important nomadic people in Eastern European history. By analyzing dental calculus, they have provided the first direct evidence that the diet of the ...