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The Darkest Experiment in Dental History

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No one truly likes going to the dentist, but this study takes the cake. The Vipeholm Study in Sweden is easily one of the darkest, if not the darkest, moments in dental history.

Up until this study scientists only guessed that sweets cause cavities or dental decay. The Vipeholm experiments proved it. They had about 1000 participants eat different types of sweets for a certain period of time and watched their teeth go from healthy to all “black” and rotting.

This is already unethical but the “

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