02653oam 2200517I 450 991016486880332120240505201906.01-317-19464-01-315-55925-010.4324/9781315559254 (CKB)3710000001060518(MiAaPQ)EBC4809698(OCoLC)973223100(EXLCZ)99371000000106051820180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Etruscans and the history of dentistry the golden smile through the ages /edited by Marshall Joseph Becker and Jean MacIntosh Turfa1st ed.London ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (445 pages) illustrationsRoutledge Monographs in Classical Studies1-138-67791-4 1-317-19465-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Dentistry in medical history : classical roots -- 2. Evidence from the ancient Near East : correcting misconceptions -- 3. The dental prosthesis : a lost Etruscan invention -- 4. Dental appliances and dentistry after the Etruscans, to the present day -- 5. Catalogue of Etruscan and Roman-era dental appliances -- 6. Concluding remarks.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.Routledge monographs in classical studies.DenturesHistoryGold alloysHistoryItalyDenturesHistory.Gold alloysHistory.617.69Becker Marshall Joseph1000307Turfa Jean MacIntosh1947-853452MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910164868803321The Etruscans and the history of dentistry2295960UNINA