Dental Treatment in the Ancient Times

In the Ancient Egypt mint was used for dental treatment.
The first dental prosthesis was made from gold in the Etruscan Empire in 1000 BC .
In 900 BC in the Ancient Greece decayed teeth were burned out.
In 500 BC the first lead dentist forcepts was used in Delphi.
In the Ancient Rome opium was used as dental pain killer.
The prosthetic dentistry in Rome used many medical tools, as dental burs and dental forcepts.
The first dental article about dentistry was written by Galenos, the doctor of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
The other well known author of the classic dental treatment was Cornelius Celsus.