The Boy with the Golden Tooth: A 1593 case report of the first molded gold crown

A. I. Spielman

doi:10.1177/0022034508328196

The Boy with the Golden Tooth: A 1593 case report of the first molded gold crown

A. I. Spielman

Molecular Pathobiology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8-11
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of dental research
Volume	88
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034508328196
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Crown
Gold
Jacob Horst
Tooth

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Dentistry(all)

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