The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry

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 many of the ancient literary sources that refer to dentistry - or the lack thereof - in Greece and Rome, as well as the archaeological evidence of ancient dental health. The book challenges many past works in exposing modern scholars' fallacies about ancient dentistry, while presenting the incontrovertible evidence of the Etruscans' seemingly modern attitudes to cosmetic dentistry.

Autorentext
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.

Zusammenfassung
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 many of the ancient literary sources that refer to dentistry - or the lack thereof - in Greece and Rome, as well as the archaeological evidence of ancient dental health. The book challenges many past works in exposing modern scholars' fallacies about ancient dentistry, while presenting the incontrovertible evidence of the Etruscans' seemingly modern attitudes to cosmetic dentistry.

Inhalt
List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsBackground: the main ancient cultures associated with dental appliances listed in alphabetic order IntroductionChapter 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 inventionChapter 4. Dental appliances and dentistry after the Etruscans, to the present dayChapter 5. Catalogue of Etruscan and Roman-era dental appliancesChapter 6. Concluding remarksAppendices:Appendix I - Uncertain examples of Etruscan dental appliances Appendix II - Modern Copies of Etruscan dental appliancesAppendix III - Spurious examples of dental implants or appliancesAppendix IV - Amulets and votives resembling or incorporating teethAppendix V - Pliny on cures for oral pathologiesAppendix 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) BibliographyIndex

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