Ra. Glenner et al., DENTAL FILLINGS IN CIVIL-WAR SKULLS - WHAT DO THEY TELL US, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 127(11), 1996, pp. 1671-1677
This article discusses the dental techniques, methods and materials us
ed in the South during the Civil War based on the dental restorations
found in the skulls of four Confederate soldiers. The skulls display a
variety of dental filling materials, including thorium, lead, tin and
tin amalgam. These materials were used at a time when more valuable m
aterials, such as gold and silver, were not readily available in the S
outh.