Prevalence of oral pathologic findings in an ancient pre-Columbian archeologic site in the Atacama Desert

Oral Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-294

  Meller, C ^a   Urzua, I ^b   Moncada, G ^b   Von Ohle, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alveolar bone resorption; Ante and postmortem tooth loss; Apical periodontitis; Attrition; Caries prevalence; Maize; Pica Tarapac culture

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR BONE; ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; MOUTH DISEASE; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETON;

EID: 64549121598     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2009.01524.x     Document Type: Article

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