Factors affecting the lifespan of the human dentition in Britain prior to the seventeenth century

British Dental Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 242-246

  Kerr, N W ^a   Ringrose, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; GINGIVA DISEASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; JAW; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; ODONTOMETRY; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH ROOT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CEPHALOMETRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; PERIODONTITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND; TOOTH APEX; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH EXFOLIATION; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0032515707     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809589     Document Type: Article

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