Dental conditions and temporomandibular joints in an early mesolithic bog man

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Borrman, Helene ^a   Engström, E Urban ^b   Alexandersen, Verner ^c   Jonsson, Leif ^d   Gerdin, Anna Lena ^d   Carlsson, Gunnar E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Central Board of National Antiquities   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bog man; Caries; Craniofacial morphology; Dental attrition; Mastication; Mesolithic; Paleopathology; Temporomandibular joint diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; SWEDEN; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TOOTH DISEASE;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; SWEDEN; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TOOTH ABRASION;

EID: 0029706925     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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