Detecting 1,000 human teeth in the walls of ancient buildings in America

Ancient dentists may have placed new teeth in the alcove and considered it a quick way to dispose of them.

Construction workers discovered a lot of human teeth while repairing Converse building in Valdosta city, Georgia state, Fox Newshom, 1/11 reported. They found this number after breaking a wall on the second floor. Experts are not clear why they are placed in the wall.

Human teeth are hidden in the walls of Converse building.(Photo: Gregory L. Williams Jr).

Clarence Whittington Dentist used to live in a building in 1900, according to Harry Evans, a researcher at the Lowndes County Museum. Later, Lester G. Youmans, another dentist, lived here at least until 1930. The team found a single tooth extract from 1928 and thought that this prescription belonged to Youmans.

"We couldn't find any relatives of the Youmans dentist, so we can't know exactly what happened," said Donald Davis, director of the Lowndes County Museum.

This is not the first time that human teeth have been found in ancient walls in Georgia. The same thing happened in Greensboro and Carrollton. Maybe the dentists at the time considered it a quick and easy way to dispose of the teeth after spitting, according to IFLScience.

Lowndes County Museum expects to receive some teeth for research. Davis hopes to conduct DNA analysis to better understand their origins.