title: [The dawn of the profession: odontology among the Etruscans].
abstract: The Etruscans were a group of agricultural people who evolved into an urban population of craftsmen, traders, and navigators who lived in a network of cities and dominated the area of the Mediterranean around Italy in the 8th and 9th centuries BC. What has come to be known, and is of importance in our study of the history of dentistry are a significant number of very interesting works of art which include gold dental prostheses. The Etruscan prostheses are remarkable because they used gold bands which were soldered into rings instead of the gold ones which are seen in other cultures (Egyptians, Phoenicians) of the same time.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Loevy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kowitz
mesh_terms: D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000266:history*; D006047:Gold Alloys / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D007558:Italy; D008512:Medicine in the Arts
chemical_list: D003764:Dental Materials; D006047:Gold Alloys
vernacular_title: Los albores de la profesion: Odontologia entre los etruscos.