The Etruscans and the history of dentistry : the golden smile through the ages / / edited by Marshall Joseph Becker and Jean MacIntosh Turfa

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (445 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 617.69
• Soggetto topico: Dentures - History; Gold alloys - History
• Soggetto geografico: Italy
• Altri autori: BeckerMarshall Joseph TurfaJean MacIntosh <1947->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Etruscans and the history of dentistry
• ISBN: 1-317-19464-0; 1-315-55925-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164868803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge monographs in classical studies.