Brief Communication
An enigmatic enamel alteration on the anterior maxillary teeth in a prehistoric North Italian population
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8314546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irene Dori (0000-0002-7579-4795, Department of Biology University of Florence 50122 Firenze Italy, corresponding author), J Moggi-Cecchi (0000-0001-5055-8369, Department of Biology University of Florence 50122 Firenze Italy), Jacopo Moggi‐cecchi (University of Florence) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 154 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 609-614 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.22535 |
| PMID | 24827548 |
| OpenAlex | W1535731044 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
In this paper we describe a hitherto undocumented modification of the dental enamel surface observed in an Early Bronze Age population from northern Italy. The defect, which can be described as a curvilinear groove, is located on the lingual surface of incisors and canines in the upper jaw. This groove, documented both in the permanent and deciduous dentition, is located at approximately 1 mm from the cervix and extends from the mesiolingual to the distolingual surface. The occurrence of the groove is not related to the sex of the affected individuals, but its degree of expression is related to age at death. Because of its morphology, the groove cannot be considered as a result of disruptions in the process of enamel deposition. At the present stage of research we suggest that the groove might have been the result of some kind of dental erosion caused by as yet unidentified chemical factors. Am J Phys Anthropol 154:609–614, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Anterior teeth · Biology · Enamel paint · Population · Prehistory · Bone and Dental Protein Studies · dental development and anomalies · Dentistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Orthodontics · Paleontology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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