Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1891 — Ancient Dentistry. [ARTICLE]

Ancient Dentistry.

There was a great deal of interest felt among dentists some years ago when one of the royal mummies taken from the Egyptian catacombs was found to be fitted out with an upper set of artificial teeth. The plate was of wood, carved to fit the roof of the mouth, aud tho teeth were of brass, the natural shape of the tooth being quite closely imitated. It shows that some one of the Pharaohs felt the loss of his incisors and grinders and had the court tooth-doctor do the best that could be done for him. Before this discovery it was commonly supposed that artificial teeth were a modem contrivance, b.ut false teeth in ancient Egypt furnish convincing proof that there is nothing new under the sun.