McKee J K, Molnar S
Department of Anatomy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1988 May;76(1):125-36. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.1330760111.
The possible implications of variations in dental attrition patterns have necessitated a detailed assessment of the types, ranges, and causes of tooth wear. Hear we employ measurements of postcanine occlusal wear facets from a sample population of extant Australian aborigines. A principal components analysis was applied as a tool in determining common types of attritional patterns. It was concluded that the range of intrapopulational variation in dental wear patterns must be attributed to a multiplicity of sources in addition to such commonly cited causes as dietary variations, gender, age, and developmental eruption sequences.
牙齿磨耗模式变化的潜在影响使得有必要对牙齿磨损的类型、范围和原因进行详细评估。在此，我们对现存澳大利亚原住民样本群体的犬齿后牙咬合磨损面进行测量。主成分分析被用作确定磨耗模式常见类型的工具。得出的结论是，除了饮食变化、性别、年龄和发育萌出顺序等常见原因外，牙齿磨损模式在群体内部的变化范围还必须归因于多种因素。
