500-Year-Old Gold Ligature Reveals Elite Medieval Dentistry in Scotland
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Archaeologists in Aberdeen uncovered a nearly 500-year-old gold dental ligature on a jaw from a wealthy burial, dating to roughly 1460–1670, showing a deliberate procedure to stabilize or bridge a missing tooth and indicating sophisticated medieval dentistry that rivaled later prosthetic concepts and reflected social inequality in Scotland.
Topics:science#aberdeen#archaeology#dental-prosthetics#gold-ligature#medieval-dentistry#scotland-archaeology
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