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Abstract:
Anglo-Saxon medical literature suggests that care of the teeth was largely limited to non-invasive treatment. Cures, mainly for toothache, were based on herbal remedies, charms and amulets. Herbal potions also treated oral problems as diverse as caries and facial deformities. However, surgical intervention for cleft lip is mentioned in the later documents. Skeletal evidence confirms that cleft lip and palate was definitely known to the Anglo-Saxons. A possible dentist's grave has been identified.
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