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The oldest evidence in human history for the drilling of teeth in a living person was found in which cultures?
The oldest evidence in human history for the drilling of teeth in a living person was found in which cultures?
In 2006, Nature journal declared that the first evidence of drilling of the human teeth in a live person was found in Mehrgarh, present Pakistan. This discovery was done in 2001 when eleven drilled molar crowns were unearthed from a Neolithic grave in Mehrgarh dating between 5500 B.C. and 7000 B.C.
The oldest evidence of drilling teeth in a living person comes from Neolithic cultures. Archaeological findings from the Indus Valley Civilization (circa 7000–5500 BCE) and the ancient European cultures of France and Switzerland reveal that dental drilling was practiced using primitive tools. These findings suggest that early humans had developed rudimentary dental care techniques long before modern dental practices.