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
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