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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marshall J. Becker , Jean MacIntosh TurfaPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367595326ISBN 10: 036759532 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 14 August 2020 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList 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 IndexReviewsThis study is vitally important for our knowledge of the history of dentistry, especially for the Etruscan period. It is extensively researched and combines the subjects of biological anthropology, medical history and material cultural studies to provide a rounded approach to the history of dentistry. This book is a valuable contribution to scholarship on ancient perceptions of dental health and conceptions of beauty and is highly recommended for anyone interested in the medical humanities. - Patty Baker, Senior Lecturer in Classical and Archaeological Studies, University of Kent, UK Becker and Turfa's book celebrates Etruscan gold-band dental appliances, ancient prostheses that should be better known ... Becker and Turfa's book is written in a lively style with ample sign-posting for scholars reading around, but has also been well-designed for non-classicists, both scholars of dental history and interested lay-people. The authors have crafted a unified, mostly smooth voice that invites readers into the denser discussions and punctuates these with vivid vignettes of ancient life, especially dental pain; footnotes are minimal and comparative evidence thoughtfully deployed. - Clara Bosak-Schroeder, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017 Author InformationMarshall 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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