DENTAL FACTS

Earliest teeth found:

Case published by Pindoborg in which six week foetus was found with 8 natal teeth with four in the molar region.

Most teeth:

Third set of dentition has been reported very frequently however fourth dentition was reported in case of Isions in 1896 in France.

Most dedicated dentist:

Brother Giovanni Batista Orseniggo of Ospiendale Fatebenefratelli,Rome,Italy,religious dentist conserved all the teeth he extracted from 1868-1904 & numbered 2 million and 744.

Most valuable tooth:

In 1816 the tooth of Sir Issac Newton sold for 739 pounds and was purchased by a noble man who set it in a ring and constantly wore it.

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