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ArticleBritish dental journal2026

Restorative dentistry in Early Modern Scotland: archaeological evidence of the use of a gold ligature.

Jenna M Dittmar, Rebecca Crozier, Ali Cameron, Bruce Mann, Marc F Oxenham

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Article in British dental journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Jenna M DittmarBiomedical Affairs, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Louisiana, Monroe, LA, USA; Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Rebecca CrozierDepartment of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Ali CameronCameron Archaeology, Aberdeen, UK.
Bruce MannAberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service, Aberdeen, UK.
Marc F OxenhamDepartment of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. marc.oxenham@abdn.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The earliest known example of restorative dentistry from Scotland is described. A middle-aged adult male, who lived between 1460-1670 CE in Aberdeen, was observed to have a gold ligature fixed to the right lateral and left central mandibular incisors, forming a bridge for the potentially missing right central incisor. As this individual lived before the establishment of dentistry as a profession during the 19

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GoldHistory, 17th CenturyHumansMaleScotlandGold

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PMID42032245
PMCPMC13109052

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