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

Abstract

An unusual example of late eighteenth/early nineteenth century dentistry in a nobleman excavated from beneath a church in Kent. The first ever reported case of enamel erosion of the labial surface of anterior dentition in the UK. Discussion and description of the possible effects on dental enamel of the use of dental tinctures. Scientific analysis of dental restorations from this period An unusual example of late eighteenth/early nineteenth century dentistry in a nobleman excavated from beneath a church in Kent. The first ever reported case of enamel erosion of the labial surface of anterior dentition in the UK. Discussion and description of the possible effects on dental enamel of the use of dental tinctures. Scientific analysis of dental restorations from this period