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Ohaguro<br />
It’s running from 794 - 1185<br />
Reason to did ohaguro:<br />
• Blackened teeth with white<br />
painted face was complimentary<br />
• A mark <strong>of</strong> sexual maturity<br />
• To hide crooked or yellowed teeth<br />
• To hide the scar from the battle<br />
• Seeing someone's white teeth<br />
was compared with seeing<br />
someone's bones or seeing a<br />
mouthful <strong>of</strong> mealworms<br />
• it prevented tooth decay , in a<br />
similar fashion to modern dental<br />
sealants
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