Caglar Esber, Görgülü Mehmet, Kuscu Ozgur O
Private practice, Istanbul, Turkey.
Caries Res. 2016;50(4):394-9. doi: 10.1159/000447066. Epub 2016 Jul 20.
Dental caries and wear are important conditions to record in archaeological collections. The aim of the present paper is to determine the frequency and distribution of dental caries and dental wear in a mediaeval Byzantine paediatric population in Yenikapı, Constantinople, Istanbul. The present research was carried out on the skeletal remains of 1 infant and 28 children with a total of 180 teeth (113 primary and 67 permanent teeth). The frequency of ante-mortem tooth loss in the sample was 1%. The total frequency of carious lesions in the sample was 2.2%. The frequency of dental wear was rather low (3.3%) exhibiting presence of dentin clusters mostly. The present study evaluated an archaeological collection with low dental wear and low dental caries prevalence indicating a fishing community.
龋齿和牙齿磨损是考古藏品中需要记录的重要情况。本文的目的是确定伊斯坦布尔君士坦丁堡耶尼卡皮一个中世纪拜占庭儿科人群中龋齿和牙齿磨损的频率及分布情况。本研究对1名婴儿和28名儿童的骨骼遗骸进行，共有180颗牙齿（113颗乳牙和67颗恒牙）。样本中生前牙齿脱落的频率为1%。样本中龋损的总频率为2.2%。牙齿磨损的频率相当低（3.3%），主要表现为牙本质簇的存在。本研究评估了一个牙齿磨损率低且龋齿患病率低的考古藏品，表明这是一个捕鱼社区。
