Oral pathologies of the Neolithic Iceman, c.3,300 bc

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 121, Issue 3 PART1, 2013, Pages 137-141

  Seiler, Roger ^a   Spielman, Andrew I ^b   Zink, Albert ^c   Rühli, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caries; Mummy; Paleopathology; Periodontitis; Prehistory

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DIET; ENDODONTICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCISOR; INJURY; ITALY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH INJURY;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP EXPOSURE; DIET; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INCISOR; ITALY; MALE; MOLAR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOOTH AVULSION; TOOTH CROWN;

EID: 84877647369     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eos.12037     Document Type: Article

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