Answer:
The relationship between the artifacts that archaeologists discover have direct ties to what individuals in ancient Rome might have done in daily life. In paragraph 3, in Down the Drain by Marshall Joseph Becker, it states “As the dig continued, they reached the drain, which connected to a branch of Rome’s main sewer system. The drain was not empty - rather, it was filled with teeth!” This suggests that the dentists simply took teeth out of Roman citizens who suffered from tooth decay, otherwise known as cavities. This makes sense because it shows that Romans only remedy to this would be pulling the whole tooth out because they lacked the technology to do anything else. Through further examination, archaeologists discovered that the dentists removing the teeth were especially skilled at removing the entire tooth, including the roots.