Ancient Egyptian dental work - photo

[desbromilow]

I'm impressed they had wire of that quality.

probably gold wire, or gold alloy - very easy to make wires of reasonable quality, and relatively non-corroding. The wires (like the teeth) would have suffered more from the diet, than the quality of materials.

my question is how they under cut the jaw - that would have been the effects of the abscess eating into the bone, or it was purposely done to give room under the inserted teeth - either way it would not have been a pleasant experience.