Seiler R, Piombino-Mascali D, Rühli F
Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, Winterthurerstrasse 190, University of Zurich, CH-8051 Zurich, Switzerland.
Department of Cultural Heritage and of Sicilian Identity, Sicilian Region, Via delle Croci 8, I-90139 Palermo, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, I-98125 Messina, Italy.
Homo. 2017 Aug;68(4):274-282. doi: 10.1016/j.jchb.2017.05.005. Epub 2017 May 31.
Within the framework of the Sicily Mummy Project, the orofacial complex of a significant sample of individuals (n=111) from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Italy, was inspected. The heads and dentitions of the mummies were documented and the recorded findings described: the state of preservation of skeletal and soft tissues; dental pathologies such as carious lesions and alveolar bone loss; enamel hypoplasia; and ante- and post-mortem tooth loss. Despite limitations in data collection, the oral health of these mummies was assessed and the frequencies of pathologies were compared to those of similar populations. From their position within the corridors of the Catacombs, sex and social status of the mummies were also inferred, allowing the dental pathologies to be specified in the social and historical context. Most interestingly, the rate of oral health problems did not differ between the groups of the members of the Capuchin Order and the laymen of the city of Palermo, despite their different lifestyles.
在西西里木乃伊项目的框架内，对来自意大利巴勒莫嘉布遣会地下墓穴的大量个体样本（n = 111）的口面部复合体进行了检查。记录了木乃伊的头部和牙列情况，并对记录结果进行了描述：骨骼和软组织的保存状态；龋齿病变和牙槽骨丧失等牙齿病理学情况；釉质发育不全；以及生前和死后牙齿脱落情况。尽管数据收集存在局限性，但仍对这些木乃伊的口腔健康进行了评估，并将病理学发生率与类似人群进行了比较。根据木乃伊在地下墓穴走廊中的位置，还推断出了其性别和社会地位，从而能够在社会和历史背景下明确牙齿病理学情况。最有趣的是，尽管嘉布遣会修士和巴勒莫市普通市民的生活方式不同，但两组人群的口腔健康问题发生率并无差异。
