“The earliest evidence of ancient
dentistry we have is an amazingly detailed dental work on a mummy from
ancient Egypt that archaeologists have dated to 2000 BCE. The work shows
intricate gold work around the teeth. This mummy was found with two
donor teeth that had holes drilled into them. Wires were strung through
the holes and then around the neighboring teeth.” Source: metalonmetal
blog.
I’m not quite convinced that this is the “earliest evidence” of
ancient dentistry. I think there are some written texts that go back
even further than 2000 BCE. Also, in the spirit of full disclosure I
also have not located the site where this was found. Still, This is a
fascinating item. The close-up below comes from the site
dentalassistant.net.
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