The effects of dental wear on third molar eruption and on the curve of Spee in human archaeological dentitions

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 925-934

  Sengupta, Anita ^a   Whittaker, David K ^b   Barber, Geraldine ^c   Rogers, Juliet ^c   Musgrave, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agenesis; Curve of Spee; Dental wear; Gerodontology; Impaction; Non eruption; Physiological attrition; Third molars

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGING; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPODONTIA; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANODONTIA; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MOLAR, THIRD; ORAL HEALTH; PALEODONTOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOOTH; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH ERUPTION;

EID: 0033231167     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(99)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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