Show dental bridges known to ancient greece rome many people have thought that the making of dental crowns and bridges was introduced to mankind by an american but in various museums of ancient greece and rome are to be seen excellent examples of gold bridges and artificial teeth such as were probably used by the plutocracy if not by the aristocracy to cracy of those early days the ancient etruscans Etrus cans appear to have been highly skilled in dentistry and many specimens have been found in tombs in eturia of gold dental bridges and similar appliances employed to replace lost teeth in the villa of pope julius III in rome now used as an etruscan museum is to be seen an excellent specimen of a gold dental bridge in actual position in a skull which was found in an etruscan tomb at civita castellana a town in bruria formerly known as Fa falerni Fale leril rii crown and bridge work was again invented in the united states in the sixties |