Findings from computed tomography examinations of Viking age skulls.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Computed tomography (CT) images can provide information about anatomical structures and pathological processes in ancient skulls. A previous study on the teeth and jaws of 171 individuals in a late Swedish Viking age population, dating around the 10^th-12^th century made clinical examinations that included intraoral radiographs. Current explorative study examined a subset of this population using CT with the aim to investigate if this method could provide additional information about the studied subjects.

Materials and method

The skulls of 15 Viking-era individuals were examined with CT. Two specialists in oral and maxillofacial radiology and one general dentist examined the images together, performing the diagnostics and interpretated the re

SUBMITTER: Bertilsson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836115 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature