Non-invasive computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction of the dentition of a 2,800-year-old Egyptian mummy exhibiting extensive dental disease

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-340

  Melcher, Antony H ^a,d   Holowka, Stephanie ^b   Pharoah, Michael ^c   Lewin, Peter K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attrition; Caries; Death; Exposed pulp; Periodontal disease; Secondarily infected cyst

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; FOSSIL; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH DISEASE;

CUSPID; DENTITION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCISOR; MOLAR; MUMMIES; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 0030838426     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199707)103:3<329::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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