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Fig. 6

From: Dentistry and dental care in antiquity: part 2 – Egypt and the Graeco-Roman World

Fig. 6

(A, B, C) Possible depictions of dental forceps inscribed on Roman stone funerary monuments. (A) Gravestone from the cemetery of Calpodius. The square to the left of the forceps is thought to represent a tooth, with the whole inscription interpreted as ‘Alexander the Dentist'. (B) Gravestone of a possible dentist found near the Basilica of San Lorenzo. One of the two instruments appears to depict dental forceps clasping a tooth. (C) A funerary relief depicting an assortment of surgical instruments, possibly including a pair of dental forceps57

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