Therapeutic Cauterization of Periodontal Abscesses in a Prehistoric Northwest Coast Woman

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AUTOR(ES) Mark Skinner , ROY L. CARLSON , Marna McLaren
ANO 1988
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Medical Anthropology Quarterly
ISSN 0745-5194
E-ISSN 1548-1387
EDITORA John Wiley and Sons Inc
DOI 10.1525/maq.1988.2.3.02a00060
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 87417149a2926ddbb76ed51f73f24031

Resumo

Severe alveolar resorption due to chronic marginal periodontitis is ubiquitous in prehistoric Northwest Coast skulls. Deliberate burning of infected dental tissue, associated with periodontal abscessing of severely worn mandibular left molars, is described in a female Native American from the Pendar Canal site (DeRt2), British Columbia, dating from 1090 ± 130 B.P. This is the first archeological evidence among prehistoric peoples of cauterization as a medical treatment for infected oral tissues.

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