Dental wear and oral pathology among sex determined Early Bronze-Age children from Franzhausen I, Lower Austria.

ABSTRACT: The physical properties of diet and oral health throughout childhood play an important role in the development of human dentition, and differed greatly before the industrial revolution. In this study we examined dental wear and oral pathology in a sample of children from the Early Bronze-Age to investigate the physical and mechanical properties of childhood diet and related oral health. We explore cross-sectional age and sex-based variation of children in the sample. The analysis was carried out on the dentitions of 75 children, 978 teeth, excavated from the Early Bronze-Age cemetery Franzhausen I in Lower Austria. Presence of dental caries and calculus was recorded. Dental wear was measured using dentine exposure, occlusal topography, and dental microwear texture analysis. Sex determinati

SUBMITTER: Bas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9904482 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature