Prevalence of dental caries and tooth wear in a Byzantine population (13th c. a.d.) from northwest Turkey

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1136-1145

  Caglar, E ^a   Kuscu, O O ^a   Sandalli, N ^a   Ari, I ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Byzantine; Dental caries; Dental wear; Mediaeval; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; PALEONTOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BYZANTIUM; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PALEONTOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOOTH LOSS; TURKEY;

EID: 35548938541     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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