Willey P, Glenner R A, Scott D D
Anthropology Department, Chico State University, CA 95929-0400, USA.
J Hist Dent. 1996 Mar;44(1):3-14.
To document the oral health of mid-nineteenth century frontiersmen, the dentitions of eight Seventh Cavalry troopers from the Little Bighorn Battlefield were examined for indications of disease. These observations are supplemented with historic records and compared with the oral health of other soldiers from the Indian Wars. The Seventh Cavalry troopers, despite their young ages, had a variety of oral problems, including abscesses, caries, periodontitis, attrition, antemortem tooth loss, and indications of tobacco use. One of the specimens had gold and tin foil fillings. Combining historic records and a dental approach to the archaeological specimens provides complementary insights which are unavailable otherwise from either of the individual fields.
为记录19世纪中叶边疆居民的口腔健康状况，对来自小大角战场的8名第七骑兵团士兵的牙列进行了疾病迹象检查。这些观察结果辅以历史记录，并与印第安战争中其他士兵的口腔健康状况进行了比较。第七骑兵团的士兵尽管年龄尚轻，却有各种各样的口腔问题，包括脓肿、龋齿、牙周炎、磨损、生前牙齿脱落以及烟草使用迹象。其中一个标本有金箔和锡箔填充物。将历史记录与对考古标本的牙科研究方法相结合，能提供互补性的见解，这是单独从任何一个领域都无法获得的。
