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On the etiology of interproximal grooves
Author(s) -
Frayer David W.
Publication year - 1991
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.1330850308
Subject(s) - etiology , dentition , presentation (obstetrics) , dentistry , permanent dentition , medicine , orthodontics , surgery , pathology
The recent suggestion by Brown and Molnar (1990) that the common etiology of sinew processing is responsible for the production of interproximal tooth grooves is contested. Based on a review of the Australian evidence and presentation of a previously undescribed dentition from Central Europe, it is argued tookpicks are a likely cause of many artificial grooves in human teeth.