Ancient dentistry

"The earliest evidence of ancient dentistry we have is an amazingly detailed dental work on a mummy from ancient Egypt that archaeologists have dated to 2000 BCE. The work shows intricate gold work around the teeth. This mummy was found with two donor teeth that had holes drilled into them. Wires were strung through the holes and then around the neighboring teeth."

Photos and text from Disturbing and Provocative Art, via Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for your Boils.  Original source uncredited.