Brief communication: High-resolution assessment of the dental developmental pattern and characterization of tooth tissue proportions in the late upper paleolithic child from la madeleine, France

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-498

  Bayle, Priscilla ^a,b   Braga, José ^a   Mazurier, Arnaud ^c   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Etudes Recherches Materiaux   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Dental mineralization; Late upper paleolithic; Lower deciduous dentition; Microtomography; Tissue proportions

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTITION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; PALEOLITHIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTITION, PRIMARY; FRANCE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 63449083916     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21000     Document Type: Article

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