Periodontal disease in the prehistoric Ipiutak and Tigara skeletal remains from Point Hope, Alaska
Abstract Two large groups of prehistoric Eskimo skeletons from Point Hope, Alaska, were evaluated for dental wear and several measures of periodontal disease. Occlusal attrition was found to increase steadily with increasing age. Crown height decreased proportionately. Assessing periodontal disease...
| Published in: | American Journal of Physical Anthropology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1982
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330590109 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.1330590109 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.1330590109 |
| Summary: | Abstract Two large groups of prehistoric Eskimo skeletons from Point Hope, Alaska, were evaluated for dental wear and several measures of periodontal disease. Occlusal attrition was found to increase steadily with increasing age. Crown height decreased proportionately. Assessing periodontal disease by inspecting apparent alveolar recession was judged ineffective due to possible supereruption. Infrabony pockets, the result of severe localized periodontal disease indicated that in Ipiutak people between the ages of 25 and 30, and Tigara people between 35 and 40, more dental sites were affected by periodontal disease than were not. This suggests a cultural, genetic, or dietary difference between the two groups. Male/female differences were slight in all parameters studied. |
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