Tigaran (Point Hope, Alaska) tooth drilling
Abstract In a sample of 48 adult Tigarans (1300–1700 A.D.) from Point Hope, Alaska, 33 exhibited various degrees of periodontal disease, which, in 25, resulted in tooth loss (Schwartz, unpublished data). Although extreme examples of tooth wear were prevalent in the sample, carious infection was note...
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crwiley:10.1002/ajpa.1330970106 2024-06-02T08:01:37+00:00 Tigaran (Point Hope, Alaska) tooth drilling Schwartz, Jeffrey H. Brauer, Jaymie Gordon‐larsen, Penny 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330970106 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.1330970106 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.1330970106 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Journal of Physical Anthropology volume 97, issue 1, page 77-82 ISSN 0002-9483 1096-8644 journal-article 1995 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330970106 2024-05-03T11:51:15Z Abstract In a sample of 48 adult Tigarans (1300–1700 A.D.) from Point Hope, Alaska, 33 exhibited various degrees of periodontal disease, which, in 25, resulted in tooth loss (Schwartz, unpublished data). Although extreme examples of tooth wear were prevalent in the sample, carious infection was noted in only one individual, in whom the lower central incisors (I 1 s) had been affected. In the left I 1 infection had spread through the root's apex into the alveolar bone, causing an abscess. The buccal (labial) side of the root of this tooth, just below the crown, bears a shallow, relatively flat‐bottomed depression, with a small perforation into, as well as a second hole that fully penetrates, the root canal. Both of these features appear to have been produced by an implement, and, as they are associated with a diseased tooth, and ritualistic tooth shaping or drilling of any sort was, and is, not practiced among Arctic groups, their purpose was probably therapeutic. As such, this specimen appears to represent a case of precontact New World Arctic dentistry. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska Wiley Online Library Arctic Point Hope ENVELOPE(173.306,173.306,52.911,52.911) American Journal of Physical Anthropology 97 1 77 82 |
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Abstract In a sample of 48 adult Tigarans (1300–1700 A.D.) from Point Hope, Alaska, 33 exhibited various degrees of periodontal disease, which, in 25, resulted in tooth loss (Schwartz, unpublished data). Although extreme examples of tooth wear were prevalent in the sample, carious infection was noted in only one individual, in whom the lower central incisors (I 1 s) had been affected. In the left I 1 infection had spread through the root's apex into the alveolar bone, causing an abscess. The buccal (labial) side of the root of this tooth, just below the crown, bears a shallow, relatively flat‐bottomed depression, with a small perforation into, as well as a second hole that fully penetrates, the root canal. Both of these features appear to have been produced by an implement, and, as they are associated with a diseased tooth, and ritualistic tooth shaping or drilling of any sort was, and is, not practiced among Arctic groups, their purpose was probably therapeutic. As such, this specimen appears to represent a case of precontact New World Arctic dentistry. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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