Image: Pierre Fauchard - Le Chirurgien Dentiste - dentures

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Description: A metal frame and carved animal teeth are used to construct a primitive set of dentures in this illustration from Pierre Fauchard's 1728 Le Chirurgien Dentiste. The dentures would be held in place with metal leaf springs.
Title: Pierre Fauchard - Le Chirurgien Dentiste - dentures
Credit: Le Chirurgien Dentiste (1728). Reprinted in: Moriyama, N., & Hasegawa, M. (1987). "The history of the characteristic Japanese wooden denture". Bulletin of the History of Dentistry 35 (1): 10.
Author: Pierre Fauchard
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