Radu Claudia, Soficaru Andrei D
Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania; Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Institute of Anthropology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania.
Int J Paleopathol. 2016 Dec;15:33-38. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2016.08.001. Epub 2016 Aug 10.
This study examines the dental developmental defects seen in an individual recovered from the Saint Sava cemetery from Bucharest, Romania, dated to the late medieval/early modern period. The remains display extended hypoplastic alterations of the permanent dentition, including linear, pitted, and planar defects. The first permanent molars are distinctive, with multiple indentations and mottling. Given the unusual pattern of defects and the close resemblance to a series of archaeological cases recently published and assigned to congenital syphilis, a differential diagnosis is discussed, with particular reference to the effects induced not only by treponemal infection, but also by treatment with mercury and nutritional deficiency.
本研究考察了从罗马尼亚布加勒斯特圣萨瓦公墓出土的一具可追溯至中世纪晚期/近代早期个体的牙齿发育缺陷情况。遗骸显示恒牙列存在广泛的发育不全改变，包括线状、点状和平坦状缺损。第一恒磨牙特征明显，有多处凹痕和斑纹。鉴于这些异常的缺损模式以及与最近发表的一系列被诊断为先天性梅毒的考古病例极为相似，本文讨论了鉴别诊断，特别提及了不仅由梅毒螺旋体感染，还由汞治疗和营养缺乏所引发的影响。
