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that encircles it. Aiiorlur pivot served to H.\ the second bicuspid, also
artirtcial. This tooth, as aheady stated, has now disappeared, hut tlie
pivot that fixed it to its ring is still in its place. In carr\ing out this
prosthesis the dentist has contrived the series ot rings that support the
teeth in such a manner that they remained above the gum, and thus the
harmful effects of contact and of the pressure of an extraneous bod\-
was avoided. At the same time, this arrangement, b\ distancing the
rings from the dental neck that narrows off conically, added to tl.e
firmness of the prosthesis.
Fic. iR

Etruscan appliance for supporting two inserted human teeth, one of which is now wanting.
(Civic Museum of Corneto.)

Another dental appliance (Fig. i8) which is in the custody of the
Civic Museum ot Corneto, was also found in a ver\- old Etruscan
tomb. It is formed bv two bands of rolled gold; one of these is labial,
the other lingual, and the\' are soldered together at their extremities,
forming by the help ot four partitions, also of gold, tive square spacesy'
Three of these served for the reception of the natural teeth supporting
the prosthesis; the other two maintained, by means of pivots, two inserted
human teeth; one ot these is lost; the other is still in its place, solidh'
fixed by its pivot. These inserted human teeth, by the religious laws we

Fig. 19

Etruscan appliance supporting one inserted tooth (upper middle incisor on the right) which
is now disappeared. (Museum of the Conte Bruschi at Corneto.)

have before mentioned, could not have been taken from corpses; probabh-
they belonged to the person himself, and having fallen out through
alveolitis, had been reapplied in the manner described above.
Two Etruscan dental appliances are to be found in the Museum of
the Conte Bruschi at Corneto: one is similar to those already described,
and the other, instead, is of a special kind. The first (Fig. 19) is tormed