Extramasticatory dental wear reflecting habitual behavior and health in past populations

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 681-689

  Molnar, Petra ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antemortem tooth loss; Dental lesions; Teeth as tools; Tooth abrasion; Tooth attrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HABIT; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE;

EUROPE; HABITS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 80052654345     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-010-0447-1     Document Type: Article

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