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Caries experience in Mediaeval Scots
Article first published online: 7 JUN 2005
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330830108
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Kerr, N. W., Bruce, M. F. and Cross, J. F. (1990), Caries experience in Mediaeval Scots. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 83: 69–76. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330830108
Publication History
- Issue published online: 7 JUN 2005
- Article first published online: 7 JUN 2005
- Manuscript Accepted: 30 NOV 1989
- Manuscript Received: 21 MAR 1989
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Keywords:
- Mediaeval Scots;
- Dental caries;
- Prevalence and distribution
Abstract
Dental caries prevalence, distribution, and site of attack was investigated in a Scottish Mediaeval population. The findings supported previous reports, which suggested that caries prevalence in Scotland was lower than in contemporaneous English populations. Attrition of the occlusal surface of the teeth with accompanying alteration of the anatomy of the interproximal space is suggested as the principal reason for the differences in the pattern of distribution of caries between this and modern populations.