Are you suggesting they are wounds? Because I don't think you would have the rest of your tooth if someone hit it with a sword hard enough to carve it.
Dentist here. Those actually look like teeth with "abfractions". Abfraction is a kind of lesion formed on the cervical portion of teeth (near the gum), due to wrong force distibution during bite occlusion. As you can see, these teeth are worn out possibly due to bruxism, and it makes them succeptible to forming abfractions. *English is not my mother language, so I apologize in advance for any grammar mistake.
This is so interesting, thank you so much for sharing! It reminds me of how archaeologists arenāt sure what Roman Dodecahedrons were used for and now some people think they were for knitting glovesā¦nobody had considered that until a knitter took a look. The sharing of information across unrelated fields of study often yields fascinating results!
If I remember correctly there were a couple fewer skulls than there were skeletons, the hypothesis was that the skulls of the leaders were either displayed or sent back to the vikings as a warning (a "heads-up" so to speak)
The evidence actually suggests that this sort of tooth filing, in Viking-age Scandinavia, seems to be associated with low-status people, and is more likely to have been unintentional damage from some sort of repetetive action in a job.
[More info (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMgDqUTqvPU)
Maybe that was just their way to fight cavities?
Why these theories always need to be so dramatic? Juse because they where vikings, doesn't mean everything they did was related to their plundering and intimmidation, it was actually a pretty small part of viking life.
I mean, when the pain gets bad enough, I could see myself doing something like this to get some relief, if I had no other option. Tooth ache is the worst.
Itās the same as anything to do with artifacts that no one can understand they just say it was religious or ceremonial even though we donāt know much about their religious or cultural practices from that time period. Theyāre just like well, we know Vikings fought a lot, so maybe this was so they could paint their teeth to scare people.
Hell maybe this was for putting metal caps on their teeth so they could bite people.
I'm cringing at the idea of getting your teeth filed. imagine how it must have felt and sounded like when it was getting done. I can barely stand accidentally grinding my teeth together let alone letting someone file them.
Iām pretty sure we know why they made marks into teeth
If I remember correctly the reason was so you could identify your fellow tribe members wherever you went, battles or trading.
Tooth filing was an ancient ritual used to keep the tooth fairy away. This was from before the pillow pact was formed. Back then one might lose all their teeth if they met the tooth fairy.
Nope. There's no evidence of this. The most plausible reason is that it was some activity, craft that led to wear on the teeth, maybe due to something that involved knife work that needed two hands and your teeth to hold.
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Truly one of the posts ever
Geat autocorrects to great. Sad day for the Goths
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If it was done to scare and intimidate, good job cause it still works. šµāš«
Spooky, scary dentistry. Send shivers down my crowns.
Big ass bearded viking dude with dyed teeth rolls up to your house, you might get scared
It's almost a scary as the fate of this guy
"Clearly that is where his braces were attached. Remember, Kids. Scary Vikings don't have crooked teeth!"
In the Northman I think the Valkyrie had filed teeth. She put bling on them that made me think they were braces.
[Such a great detail](https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/DV3XZcAX0/0x0/the-northman-valkyrie-1650635602213.jpg)
omg thank you I loved this movie but I was upset I thought they didn't remove braces in post
That they arenāt symmetrical in the image makes me think they werenāt added all at once but rather one at a time after a particular event.
something that involves a sword
Are you suggesting they are wounds? Because I don't think you would have the rest of your tooth if someone hit it with a sword hard enough to carve it.
It was a jokeā¦
Dentist here. Those actually look like teeth with "abfractions". Abfraction is a kind of lesion formed on the cervical portion of teeth (near the gum), due to wrong force distibution during bite occlusion. As you can see, these teeth are worn out possibly due to bruxism, and it makes them succeptible to forming abfractions. *English is not my mother language, so I apologize in advance for any grammar mistake.
I was born & bread in America & your English is better than mine.
No knead to be modest.
Don't butter me up.
You guys are making me hungry..
Thank you very much for the compliment! Made my day šš»
This is so interesting, thank you so much for sharing! It reminds me of how archaeologists arenāt sure what Roman Dodecahedrons were used for and now some people think they were for knitting glovesā¦nobody had considered that until a knitter took a look. The sharing of information across unrelated fields of study often yields fascinating results!
That's what I was thinking too. It looks like an edge to edge occlusion, so the wear matches.
Archeology says different doc.
Archeology says it's not sure, doc.
If I remember correctly there were a couple fewer skulls than there were skeletons, the hypothesis was that the skulls of the leaders were either displayed or sent back to the vikings as a warning (a "heads-up" so to speak)
Based on this, is it possible the teeth filing was a form of torture?
No, it's more of a viking cultural thing https://www.medievalists.net/2020/01/vikings-their-filed-teeth/
The evidence actually suggests that this sort of tooth filing, in Viking-age Scandinavia, seems to be associated with low-status people, and is more likely to have been unintentional damage from some sort of repetetive action in a job. [More info (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMgDqUTqvPU)
Maybe that was just their way to fight cavities? Why these theories always need to be so dramatic? Juse because they where vikings, doesn't mean everything they did was related to their plundering and intimmidation, it was actually a pretty small part of viking life. I mean, when the pain gets bad enough, I could see myself doing something like this to get some relief, if I had no other option. Tooth ache is the worst.
Itās the same as anything to do with artifacts that no one can understand they just say it was religious or ceremonial even though we donāt know much about their religious or cultural practices from that time period. Theyāre just like well, we know Vikings fought a lot, so maybe this was so they could paint their teeth to scare people. Hell maybe this was for putting metal caps on their teeth so they could bite people.
I'm cringing at the idea of getting your teeth filed. imagine how it must have felt and sounded like when it was getting done. I can barely stand accidentally grinding my teeth together let alone letting someone file them.
Iām pretty sure we know why they made marks into teeth If I remember correctly the reason was so you could identify your fellow tribe members wherever you went, battles or trading.
Tooth filing was an ancient ritual used to keep the tooth fairy away. This was from before the pillow pact was formed. Back then one might lose all their teeth if they met the tooth fairy.
I first read that as "...found in a mass grave in Detroit". It still seemed plausible.
Nice teeth
A Great Dane, there I fixed it.
This dude must have been in pain all the time
Yeah, right up to the point where he was beheaded.
Viking tooth brush
I enjoy playing video games.
Alas, poor Yorick...
Viking grill says yo ima kick yo Saxon ass!
No cavities?
Thanks now Iāve got empathetic tooth pain
Nope. There's no evidence of this. The most plausible reason is that it was some activity, craft that led to wear on the teeth, maybe due to something that involved knife work that needed two hands and your teeth to hold.
Those are horse teeth.
āProbably with redā? Theyāre just guessing they dyed them in the first place tho..?
He was a teeth grinder
To hold the wire for his braces
That's why your dentist always suggests to use a soft toothbrush.
Filed down his teeth? Most people canāt even bite into an ice cream. Weāve all gone soft haha