Assessing Biological Mortality Bias From Deciduous Tooth Emergence.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Traits found in a skeletal sample are frequently used to infer qualities of the living population from which the skeletons were drawn. However, traits observed in a mortality sample may exhibit biological mortality bias in that they may not accurately represent the same traits in the living sample. The purpose of this research was to assess biological mortality bias in deciduous tooth emergence, a trait that is used to estimate chronological age in skeletal samples.

Materials and methods

Data on clinical tooth emergence were collected from longitudinal studies of Javanese, Guatemalan, and Bangladeshi children that included a living sample (those who survived through the study) and a mortality sample (those who died during the study). Parametric hazards analysis wa

SUBMITTER: Holman DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12789964 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature