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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

that one's mouth microflora changes depending on what you eat

Yeah that's what I meant

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So your "their teeth were good due to different microflora" can be simplified to "their teeth were good because they didn't have tooth damaging food"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The original claim was dental issues were generally a death sentence, which was true whether or not they're more common now.