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Tooth size and morphology in a recent Australian Aboriginal population from Broadbeach, South East Queensland
Author(s) -
Smith Patricia,
Brown T.,
Wood W. B.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330550403
Subject(s) - dentition , cusp (singularity) , australian population , morphology (biology) , molar , population , tooth wear , dentistry , geography , biology , orthodontics , demography , medicine , zoology , geometry , mathematics , sociology
Odontometric and morphologic observations were made of the dentition of skeletal remains of Australian aborigines from Boradbeach, S.E. Queensland. Tooth size, especially of the molars, was found to be significantly larger than that reported for other recent Aboriginal populations. Tooth morphology also differed, with a higher frequency of five cusped second molars, and a lower frequency of shoveling and Carabelli's cusp than previously reported as typical of Australian aborigines.