False teeth were secured in the mouth
by gold bridgework with a metal pin and fitted on to the remaining teeth. All found
examples are made with bands, without any palate and resemble the “bridge work”
of these days. Some of the found examples were completely
hollowed out. They appear as if they had been prepared to crown broken teeth or
roots.
The most of the resources talk about Etruscans in northern Italy who made first false teeth around 700 BC. Dentures were made out of human or animal teeth, mostly out of ox teeth. Some dentures were fixed permanently and some could be pulled out to be cleaned. It was very advanced if we compare this technology to the technology of 16th century dentures.
