Dental caries, tooth wear and diet in an adult medieval (12th-14th century) population from mediterranean France

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-297

  Esclassan, R ^a,c   Grimoud, A M ^a,c   Ruas, M P ^b   Donat, R ^a   Sevin, A ^a   Astie, F ^a   Lucas, S ^a,c   Crubezy, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c Service d'Odontologie de l'Hôtel Dieu Saint Jacques   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Caries; Diet; Middle Age; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; DIET; FEMALE; FRANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH WEAR;

ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; DIET; FEMALE; FRANCE; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 58849092663     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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