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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"dental pathology"”.
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Dental pathology, wear and developmental defects in South African hominins
Studying different types of dental pathology, wear, and developmental defects can allow inferences into diet and behaviour in a variety of ways. In this project data on these different variables were collected for South African hominins and compared with extant primates. The species studied include …
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Infection and Complexity Embodied on Enamel: Oral Health and Dental Pathology at Ancón, Peru
… and microremain research showing that oral pathology and dental calculus can preserve durable evidence for diet, practice, and lived experience where other lines of evidence are limited or absent. To address these questions, the dissertation combines macroscopic dental paleopathology with …
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Dental pathology and macrowear: a biocultural analysis of southern African holocene hunter-gatherers and hunter-herders
Dental macrowear quantity, direction, and oral pathology were assessed against demographic factors in southern African Holocene hunter-gatherers and -herders (sAHGH). This is the first study to investigate inter-related implications of diet, health, and behaviour across time and space using only …
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The Agricultural Transition in Upper Nubia: An Analysis of Mandibular Morphology and Oral Health
… mandibular shape and strength between samples. Dental pathology and wear were used to assess diachronic changes in oral health and dietary composition. Dental size was also measured to compare the relationship between mandibular and dental size over time. The intensive agricultural population …
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Inside the Walls of the Asylum: Exploring the Lives of Individuals in the Mississippi State Asylum (1855-1935)
… African American. Caries were the most common dental pathology seen, and almost half experienced LEH and abscesses as well. This is undoubtedly related to the corn and carbohydrate rich diet, which also introduced certain nutritional deficiencies. Porotic hyperostosis, cribra orbitalia, and …