Publication details
Vyšetření chrupu při paleopatologické analýze kosterních pozůstatků
| Title in English | Examination of teeth in paleopathological analysis of skeletal remains |
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Ve službách archeologie VII |
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| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | paleopatology; historical anthropology; dental care; |
| Description | The study is based on analysis of more than 1200 skeletons from four Moravian sites and dated from the 5th to the 18th century. Standard analysis of skeletons included detailed dental examination. The study presented below centres on the evaluation and generalization of validity of teeth condition for skeleton remains investigations of this kind. On the basis of our own experience, we could establish three principal aspects of evaluation of dental findings. Teeth condition is one the relevant factors that are commonly used when determining biological age of investigated individual. On the basis of pathological changes of teeth, both local disorders and systemic diseases can be diagnosed (dental disorder is one of the signs of disease). Individual dental findings are the basis of comprehensive population studies that inform us about population nutrition, life style, level of dental care in given historical period. |
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