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- Title
DENTAL PATHOLOGIES OF MALE AND FEMALE IN THE PADA CEMETERY (12TH- 13TH CENTURY).
- Authors
Limbo, Jana
- Abstract
Dental pathologies of 82 adults and juveniles of the Pada cemetery (12th-13th cc.) in North-East Estonia were studied. The degree of dental wear, the occurrence of caries, pre mortem tooth loss and abscesses were registered in different age groups of 49 males and 34 females. The occurrences of pathologies of different age classes of males and females were compared. As some age groups of both male and female had statistically significant differences in the occurrences of pathologies in the upper and the lower jaw, maxilla and mandible were observed separately. The dental attrition of male and female did not differ in any age groups. The presence of caries was higher in female in all the age groups. This difference was statistically different only in mandible of the adult group. The only group with the higher occurrence of caries in male was the mandible of maturus, this difference was even statistically significant, but this difference probably resulted from maturus female mandible highest pre mortem tooth loss. Pre mortem tooth loss in adult males and females is similar both for maxilla and mandible. In the maturus group females had pre mortem tooth loss more frequently and these differences in both maxilla and mandible were statistically significant. Abscesses occurred in maxilla more frequently in both males and females. Adult females had abscesses in maxilla more frequently--this difference is statistically significant. In the maturus group the males had abscesses in maxilla more frequently. In mandible females had no abscesses at all and males had the frequency of abscesses in mandible only 0.87%.
- Subjects
ESTONIA; PATHOLOGY; DENTAL pathology; MALES; WOMEN
- Publication
Papers on Anthropology, 2004, Vol 13, p134
- ISSN
1406-0140
- Publication type
Article