Open AccessAbrasion of Teeth in Population Groups from Historical Periods in the Region of Former Yugoslavia
Author(s) -
Dinka Mucić,
Marija Đurić-Srejić
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
dental anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2769-822X
pISSN - 1096-9411
DOI - 10.26575/daj.v11i1.218
Subject(s) - abrasion (mechanical) , dentistry , age groups , population , permanent teeth , orthodontics , archaeology , geography , medicine , demography , materials science , environmental health , sociology , composite material
This study investigated the frequency, type, and degree of abrasion on permanent teeth from 694 skulls from archaeological sites dating from the beginning of the first century AD to the beginning of the twentieth century in the former Yugoslavia. The conclusions are: 1) 100% of the specimens had dental abrasion; 2) the Roman Age and Middle Ages teeth had a horizontal-vertical type of abrasion, while New Age teeth had a predominantly horizontal type of abrasion; and 3) Roman Age and the Middle Ages groups had the most severe loss of dental hard tissue.