Calculus deposits and bone loss on the teeth of Romano-British and eighteenth-century Londoners

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 941-948

  Whittaker, D K ^a   Molleson, T ^b   Nuttall, T ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18th Century London; Bone loss; Calculus; Romano British

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; FEMALE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTITIS; SKULL; TOOTH CALCULUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL CALCULUS; DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PERIODONTITIS;

EID: 0032401848     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(98)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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