TY - JOUR
T1 - The Boy with the Golden Tooth
T2 - A 1593 case report of the first molded gold crown
AU - Spielman, A. I.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The case of the Boy with the Golden Tooth, a "miracle" in a remote village in Silesia, in what is today southwestern Poland, was reported extensively in 1593. Here we report that the hoax, perpetrated by someone close to the family and with knowledge of goldsmith techniques, is the first documented case of the use of a molded gold crown. Using period instruments available to goldsmiths and a 0.001" copper sheet, we reproduced, on a plastic pediatric model, what the gold crown could have looked like.
AB - The case of the Boy with the Golden Tooth, a "miracle" in a remote village in Silesia, in what is today southwestern Poland, was reported extensively in 1593. Here we report that the hoax, perpetrated by someone close to the family and with knowledge of goldsmith techniques, is the first documented case of the use of a molded gold crown. Using period instruments available to goldsmiths and a 0.001" copper sheet, we reproduced, on a plastic pediatric model, what the gold crown could have looked like.
KW - Crown
KW - Gold
KW - Jacob Horst
KW - Tooth
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U2 - 10.1177/0022034508328196
DO - 10.1177/0022034508328196
M3 - Article
C2 - 19131311
AN - SCOPUS:58949098325
VL - 88
SP - 8
EP - 11
JO - Journal of Dental Research
JF - Journal of Dental Research
SN - 0022-0345
IS - 1
ER -