Dental wear and oral pathology: Possible evidence and consequences of habitual use of teeth in a Swedish neolithic sample

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-431

  Molnar, Petra ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ajvide; Dental lesions; Extramasticatory wear; Gotland; Pitted ware culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH LESION; NEOLITHIC; SWEDEN; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL OCCLUSION; DENTAL OCCLUSION, TRAUMATIC; DIET; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; PATHOLOGY, ORAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; TOOTH ABRASION;

EID: 47749090116     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20824     Document Type: Article

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