Form and patterning of anterior tooth wear among aboriginal human groups
Abstract Form and severity of dental attrition was assessed in aboriginal human groups including hunter‐gatherers (Eskimos, Australians) and those with dependence to a varying degree on food production (Southwest U.S. and Ohio American Indians). Wear on anterior teeth was both relatively and absolut...
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crwiley:10.1002/ajpa.1330540409 2024-06-23T07:52:33+00:00 Form and patterning of anterior tooth wear among aboriginal human groups Hinton, Robert J. 1981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330540409 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.1330540409 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.1330540409 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Journal of Physical Anthropology volume 54, issue 4, page 555-564 ISSN 0002-9483 1096-8644 journal-article 1981 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330540409 2024-06-11T04:46:30Z Abstract Form and severity of dental attrition was assessed in aboriginal human groups including hunter‐gatherers (Eskimos, Australians) and those with dependence to a varying degree on food production (Southwest U.S. and Ohio American Indians). Wear on anterior teeth was both relatively and absolutely greater in the hunter‐gatherers, as indicated by comparisons of wear on anterior and posterior teeth which come into occlusion at roughly the same time. Distinct differences in form of anterior wear were also apparent: The hunter‐gatherers exhibited steadily increasing incidences of labially rounded wear with greater functional age, while the food‐producing groups showed little or no rounding but instead high frequencies of heavily cupped wear (especially in those with premature loss of posterior teeth). These differences were attributed to nonmasticatory utilization of the front teeth in hunter‐gatherers and to employment of the anterior teeth in masticatory (grinding) activities necessitated by large‐scale molar loss in food producers. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Wiley Online Library American Journal of Physical Anthropology 54 4 555 564 |
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Abstract Form and severity of dental attrition was assessed in aboriginal human groups including hunter‐gatherers (Eskimos, Australians) and those with dependence to a varying degree on food production (Southwest U.S. and Ohio American Indians). Wear on anterior teeth was both relatively and absolutely greater in the hunter‐gatherers, as indicated by comparisons of wear on anterior and posterior teeth which come into occlusion at roughly the same time. Distinct differences in form of anterior wear were also apparent: The hunter‐gatherers exhibited steadily increasing incidences of labially rounded wear with greater functional age, while the food‐producing groups showed little or no rounding but instead high frequencies of heavily cupped wear (especially in those with premature loss of posterior teeth). These differences were attributed to nonmasticatory utilization of the front teeth in hunter‐gatherers and to employment of the anterior teeth in masticatory (grinding) activities necessitated by large‐scale molar loss in food producers. |
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