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False teeth of the Roman world

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  • Eric Crubzy

    (Fdration dAnthropologie, Universit Toulouse III)

  • Pascal Murail

    (Laboratoire dAnthropologie, URA 376 du CNRS, Avenue des facults)

  • Louis Girard

    (Laboratoire dAnthropologie, URA 376 du CNRS, Avenue des facults)

  • Jean-Pierre Bernadou

    (Ecole Nationale Suprieure de lAronautique et de lEspace)

Abstract

The history of dental implants has been looked at before1,2,3,4 but there have been no documented cases of a functional implant from ancient times. We report here a wrought iron dental implant of a right second upper premolar from a Gallo-Roman necropolis at Chantambre (Essonne, France), from the first or second century AD. The implant and the socket fit perfectly together and the osseointegration appears viable.

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  • Eric Crubzy & Pascal Murail & Louis Girard & Jean-Pierre Bernadou, 1998. "False teeth of the Roman world," Nature, Nature, vol. 391(6662), pages 29-29, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:391:y:1998:i:6662:d:10.1038_34067
    DOI: 10.1038/34067
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