O'Sullivan E A, Williams S A, Curzon M E
University of Leeds, England.
Pediatr Dent. 1992 Jan-Feb;14(1):26-9.
This research studied an association between dental caries prevalence in the primary dentition and cribra orbitale, an indicator of nutritional stress in archeological populations. Skeletal remains of 221 British children (Pre-Roman to Late Medieval) were examined, of whom 100 had orbital material available. Dental caries, as dmfs, was related to the presence of cribra orbitale (none, slight, moderate, or severe). Thus, data for 50 children showed a statistically significant association (P less than 0.005) between caries prevalence and cribra orbitale using the Fisher Exact Test, suggesting that nutritional stress is an associated factor in caries etiology in children.
本研究探讨了乳牙列龋齿患病率与筛孔眶（考古人群营养压力的一个指标）之间的关联。对221名英国儿童（从罗马前时期到中世纪晚期）的骨骼遗骸进行了检查，其中100名有眶部材料可供研究。龋齿情况以dmfs为指标，与筛孔眶的存在情况（无、轻度、中度或重度）相关。因此，50名儿童的数据显示，使用Fisher精确检验，龋齿患病率与筛孔眶之间存在统计学显著关联（P小于0.005），这表明营养压力是儿童龋齿病因中的一个相关因素。
