Eighteenth and nineteenth century dental restoration, treatment and consequences in a British nobleman

British Dental Journal

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 593-596

  Cox, M ^a   Chandler, J ^b   Boyle, A ^c   Kneller, P ^a   Haslam, R ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b King's House   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIFRICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; TOOTH EROSION;

EID: 0034627322     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800839a     Document Type: Review

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