Dental wear and oral pathology among sex determined Early Bronze-Age children from Franzhausen I, Lower Austria

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280769
• Publication Date: 2023-02-07T18:29:19Z
• Authors: Marlon Bas; Christoph Kurzmann; John Willman; Doris Pany-Kucera; Katharina Rebay-S...; Fabian Kanz
• Keywords: Tooth wear

The physical properties of diet and oral health throughout childhood play an important role in the development human dentition, differed greatly before industrial revolution. In this study we examined dental wear pathology a sample children from Early Bronze-Age to investigate mechanical related health. We explore cross-sectional age sex-based variation sample. analysis was carried out on dentitions 75 children, 978 teeth, excavated cemetery Franzhausen I Lower Austria. Presence caries calculus recorded. Dental measured using dentine exposure, occlusal topography, microwear texture analysis. Sex determination amelogenin peptide Caries were found only 4 individuals (crude prevalence rate—5%, 95% CI 1% 13%), affecting 5 teeth (true rate—less than 1%). Dentine exposure observed over 70% deciduous molars measurements indicate comparatively strong accumulation especially, among younger when compared modern-day later pre-industrial populations. Microwear textures presented high complexity (Asfc > 2)/low anisotropy (epLsar < 1) profile, especially older children. Differences between male female not generally significant but increased lower Our results suggest that at consumed non-cariogenic diet, more abrasive inclusive harder/polyhedral foodstuffs present-day some Medieval within population, with minimal sexes mostly occurring