The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry offers a study of the construction and use of gold dental appliances in ancient Etruscan culture, and their place within the framework of a general history of dentistry, with special emphasis on appliances, from Bronze Age Mesopotamia and Egypt to modern Europe and the Americas. Included are ma
The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry offers a study of the construction and use of gold dental appliances in ancient Etruscan culture, and their place within the framework of a general history of dentistry, with special emphasis on appliances, from Bronze Age Mesopotamia and Egypt to modern Europe and the Americas. Included are ma
Marshall Joseph Becker is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University, USA, and is a Distinguished Member of the American Anthropological Association. Jean MacIntosh Turfa is a Consulting Scholar in the Mediterranean Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, USA, and a Foreign Member of the Istituto di Studi Etruschi, Italy.
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List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Background: the main ancient cultures associated with dental appliances listed in alphabetic order Introduction Chapter 1. Dentistry in medical history: classical roots Chapter 2. Evidence from the ancient Near East: correcting misconceptions Chapter 3. The dental prosthesis: a lost Etruscan invention Chapter 4. Dental appliances and dentistry after the Etruscans, to the present day Chapter 5. Catalogue of Etruscan and Roman-era dental appliances Chapter 6. Concluding remarks Appendices: Appendix I - Uncertain examples of Etruscan dental appliances Appendix II - Modern Copies of Etruscan dental appliances Appendix III - Spurious examples of dental implants or appliances Appendix IV - Amulets and votives resembling or incorporating teeth Appendix V - Pliny on cures for oral pathologies Appendix VI - Evidence for dental extractions in ancient Rome: a summary of the analysis of teeth excavated at the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman forum Appendix VII - Report on analysis of gold bands in Liverpool appliances (nos. 13 and 14) Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Background: the main ancient cultures associated with dental appliances listed in alphabetic order Introduction Chapter 1. Dentistry in medical history: classical roots Chapter 2. Evidence from the ancient Near East: correcting misconceptions Chapter 3. The dental prosthesis: a lost Etruscan invention Chapter 4. Dental appliances and dentistry after the Etruscans, to the present day Chapter 5. Catalogue of Etruscan and Roman-era dental appliances Chapter 6. Concluding remarks Appendices: Appendix I - Uncertain examples of Etruscan dental appliances Appendix II - Modern Copies of Etruscan dental appliances Appendix III - Spurious examples of dental implants or appliances Appendix IV - Amulets and votives resembling or incorporating teeth Appendix V - Pliny on cures for oral pathologies Appendix VI - Evidence for dental extractions in ancient Rome: a summary of the analysis of teeth excavated at the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Roman forum Appendix VII - Report on analysis of gold bands in Liverpool appliances (nos. 13 and 14) Bibliography Index
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