Gurr Angela, Henneberg Maciej, Kumaratilake Jaliya, Lerche Derek, Richards Lindsay, Brook Alan Henry
Discipline of Anatomy and Pathology, School of Biomedicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Biological Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Research Unit, School of Biomedicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Dent J (Basel). 2023 Apr 7;11(4):99. doi: 10.3390/dj11040099.
The aims of this study are to determine the oral health status of a rare sample of 19th-century migrant settlers to South Australia, how oral conditions may have influenced their general health, and how the oral health of this group compares with contemporaneous samples in Australia, New Zealand, and Britain. Dentitions of 18 adults and 22 subadults were investigated using non-destructive methods (micro-CT, macroscopic, radiographic). Extensive carious lesions were identified in seventeen adults and four subadults, and from this group one subadult and sixteen adults had antemortem tooth loss. Sixteen adults showed evidence of periodontal disease. Enamel hypoplastic (EH) defects were identified in fourteen adults and nine subadults. Many individuals with dental defects also had skeletal signs of comorbidities. South Australian individuals had the same percentage of carious lesions as the British sample (53%), more than other historic Australian samples, but less than a contemporary New Zealand sample. Over 50% of individuals from all the historic cemeteries had EH defects, suggesting systemic health insults during dental development were common during the 19th century. The overall oral health of the South Australian settlers was poor but, in some categories, (tooth wear, periapical abscess, periodontal disease), better than the other historic samples.
本研究的目的是确定19世纪南澳大利亚移民定居者这一稀有样本的口腔健康状况、口腔状况如何影响他们的总体健康，以及该群体的口腔健康与澳大利亚、新西兰和英国同期样本相比情况如何。使用非破坏性方法（显微CT、宏观检查、放射照相）对18名成年人和22名亚成年人的牙列进行了调查。在17名成年人和4名亚成年人中发现了广泛的龋损，在该群体中，1名亚成年人和16名成年人有生前牙齿缺失。16名成年人有牙周疾病的迹象。在14名成年人和9名亚成年人中发现了釉质发育不全（EH）缺陷。许多有牙齿缺陷的个体也有合并症的骨骼体征。南澳大利亚个体的龋损百分比与英国样本相同（53%），高于其他澳大利亚历史样本，但低于当代新西兰样本。所有历史墓地中超过50%的个体有EH缺陷，这表明在19世纪牙齿发育期间全身性健康损害很常见。南澳大利亚定居者的总体口腔健康状况较差，但在某些方面（牙齿磨损、根尖脓肿、牙周疾病）比其他历史样本要好。
