Determining onset of significant facial pathology using dental wear and microwear texture analysis

A case study from the Middle Archaic (~5,500 BP) of Indiana

Bibliographic Data

ID7196231
AuthorsAnna Casserly (University of Kentucky, corresponding author), Rebecca Van Sessen (Indiana University Northwest), Christopher W Schmidt (0000-0002-4911-0660, University of Indianapolis), Christopher Schmidt (0000-0002-3955-5076)
Year2018
Volume27
Issue1-2
Pages5-7
Publication date2018-08-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDental Anthropology Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1096-9411 • E-ISSN: 2769-822X
PublisherDental Anthropology Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26575/daj.v27i1-2.37
OpenAlexW2907306310
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

Paleopathologists face complicated presentations of osteological conditions that ac-crued over a considerable period of ill-health. Determining the relative sequence of symptoms and how long the individual lived with them is critical to understanding disease onset and progression in the body and may help to identify a specific disease. This paper describes an atypical presentation of the dentition associated with a 5,000-year-old case of treponemal disease. This circumstance led to a cessation of macrowear, which allowed for an estimation of the age when the jaw began to profoundly deform. This paper also summarizes molar microwear texture analysis (DMTA) that was employed in order to determine if the diet of the victim prior to death was con-sistent with other people from the site

Dentition · Disease · Osteology · Paleopathology · Pathology · Presentation (obstetrics · Dental Radiography and Imaging · Dentistry · Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Anatomy · Orthodontics · Surgery

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