Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a study published May 13, 2026, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Alisa Zubova of Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkamera), St. Petersburg, and colleagues.
I wonder what they then filled the cavity with.
Reminder that Neanderthals had bigger brains than us on average. FWIW.
Pine resin can be made into a glue that hardens quite well. Easy enough to replace if needed. However I have no idea if they used that.
Amber-style teeth sound pretty rad, honestly.