The first archaeological case of permanent teeth fusion in Europe

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12371829
AutoresFederica Collina (0000-0002-5759-8109, Department of Cultural Heritage University of Bologna Ravenna Italy, autor de correspondencia), Sara Conti (0000-0002-5774-3740, Department of Cultural Heritage University of Bologna Ravenna Italy), Maria Menetti (Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, Division of Dental Science University of Bologna Bologna Italy), Lorenzo Scheda (0000-0003-2265-178X, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, Division of Dental Science University of Bologna Bologna Italy), Rita Sorrentino (0000-0002-6529-7250, Department of Cultural Heritage University of Bologna Ravenna Italy), Stefano Benazzi (0000-0003-4305-6920, Department of Cultural Heritage University of Bologna Ravenna Italy)
Año2021
Volumen31
Número3
Páginas469-474
Fecha de publicación2021-01-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/oa.2963
OpenAlexW3119410925
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas21

Teeth fusion is a developmental anomaly characterized by the union of two and, more rarely, three adjacent teeth. The fusion is caused by the physical pressure between two adjacent teeth during their development due to congenital, inherited, acquired or idiopathic factors. Nowadays, fused teeth occur with a frequency ratio between 0.1% and 1% in permanent dentition and 0.5% and 2.5% in primary dentition, and with an equal distribution between males and females. Fused teeth are a rare clinical finding, so there are not standardized clinical protocols and each case should be treated independently. This condition is rare in archaeological populations, likely due to taphonomic processes that cause the lack of information, as well as for the general low occurrence of the defect itself. In the European archaeological literature, there are no reports of two permanent fused teeth so far. Therefore, the present paper represents the first case study of two fused permanent incisors in the past Europe populations as this anomaly has been recognized in an adult man buried in the Longobard cemetery of Guidizzolo (VI–VII century A.D., northern Italy)

Archaeology · Dentition · Geography · Maxillary central incisor · Permanent dentition · Permanent teeth · dental development and anomalies · Dental Trauma and Treatments · Dentistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Orthodontics