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A 500-year-old gold dental bridge just surfaced in Scotland — the earliest known oral care of its kind still attached to the original skull

Sometime between 1460 and 1670, a resident of Aberdeen, Scotland, sat still while someone threaded gold wire around their lower front teeth. The wire stabilized a loose incisor and bridged the gap ...

Rare 19th-century dental prosthetic that a wealthy person wore found in Portugal

Recovered from an early 19th-century burial in the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo hospital in Porto, the prosthetic is ...