Histopathology of Syphilitic Hypoplasia of the Teeth

Karnosh, Louis J.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1926.02370130028003

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“…Karnosh (1926) largely described his sections in gross terms as a severe chronologic hypoplasia in the first months of life. Burket (1937) and Bauer (1943) described changes in the ameloblasts and pulp but not in hard tissues.…”

Section: The Central Upper Incisors Are the Test-teethmentioning

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Congenital syphilis in the past: Slaves at Newton Plantation, Barbados, West Indies

Jacobi

Cook

Corruccini

et al. 1992

American J Phys Anthropol

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Hutchinson's incisors and Moon's molars are specific lesions of congenital syphilis. The extensive but fragmentary clinical literature on these conditions describes reduced dimensions and thin enamel in the permanent incisors and first molars, crowding and infolding of the first molar cusps, notching of the upper incisors, and apical hypoplasias of the permanent canines. A Barbados slave cemetery (ca. 1660-1820 AD) includes three individuals with these features, suggesting a frequency at birth of congenital syphilis in the population approaching 10%. These three cases show triple the frequency of all hypoplasias and more than seven times the frequency of pitting hypoplasia present in the remainder of the series. The recognizable congenital syphilis cases account for much of the remarkably high frequency of hypoplasias in the series as a whole. We infer that syphilis contributed substantially to morbidity, infant mortality, and infertility in this population. Presence or absence of congenital syphilis may account for much of the variability in health and mortality seen among nineteenth century African-American populations.

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Section: The Central Upper Incisors Are the Test-teethmentioning

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Congenital syphilis in the past: Slaves at Newton Plantation, Barbados, West Indies

Jacobi

Cook

Corruccini

et al. 1992

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…Even Cavallaro (1908Cavallaro ( , 1909 recognised that defects were considerably less common in these teeth. The only real candidate for a characteristic deformity is the occurrence of a pitted hypo-plastic defect (Hillson, 1996;Hillson and Bond, 1997) around the base of the cusps in deciduous second molars (Karnosh, 1926). This would certainly conform in development timing to the defects seen in the permanent teeth (see below).…”

Section: The Literature Of Dental Stigmata In Congenital Syphilismentioning

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“…Matters were complicated, however by the influential papers of Cavallaro (1908Cavallaro ( , 1909, who suggested that a whole variety of defects down the sides of permanent incisor crowns was also related to congenital syphilis and, further, that crescentic notches were frequently found in deciduous incisors, as well as permanent. This latter idea was laid to rest by Karnosh (1926), and it is now clear that Hutchinson's incisors are only a feature of the permanent dentition. The question of the relationship between the characteristic dental stigmata of congenital syphilis and the much wider range of hypoplastic defects which occurs quite independently is, however, still being debated (Condon et al, 1994).…”

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“…Reconstruction of a section through a mulberry molar (Fig. 10, p. 39 of Karnosh [1926], reproduced with kind permission from the Archives of Dermatology & Syphilology, Volume 13, Copyright 1926, American Medical Association). The plane of section is not clear, but two of the nodules representing the uncompleted cusps are sectioned, surrounded by a deep furrow and a raised rim (marked ''pseudo-cusp'').…”

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Dental defects of congenital syphilis

Hillson

Grigson

Bond

1998

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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Diagnosis of the congenital form of syphilis is an important part of the palaeopathology of this disease. In theory, there are clear clinical signs to be found in the long bones and teeth, but it has rarely been possible to recognise the latter with a confidence in archaeological material, partly because the original descriptions of the dental deformities are sometimes contradictory and partly because it is nowadays difficult to find reference specimens in museums. This article describes two such specimens which have recently been rediscovered, and discusses the form of the dental defects which they show (Hutchinson's incisors, Moon's molars, and mulberry molars) in relation to the developmental sequence of the teeth.

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“…Among the more recent outstanding articles in which a negative view is expressed may be mentioned those of Sprawson (1922), Demole (1923), C. M. Smith (1923), Karnosh (1926), Quinlan (1927) and others. There are, however, a number of other writers who disagree with him.…”

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Tubercle of Carabelli

Eller¹

1929

Arch Derm Syphilol

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Histopathology of Syphilitic Hypoplasia of the Teeth

Cited by 32 publications

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Congenital syphilis in the past: Slaves at Newton Plantation, Barbados, West Indies

Congenital syphilis in the past: Slaves at Newton Plantation, Barbados, West Indies

Dental defects of congenital syphilis

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