Studies of Caries Prevalence in a Medieval Population

Olsson, Gudrun; Sagne, Sören

doi:10.1259/dmfr.1976.0002

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“…Medieval British material has been studied in some detail. Authors generally discovered that the cementoenamel junction was the most common site for carious lesions and that there was some movement toward lesions at the interproximal surfaces (e.g., Kerr et al 1988;Lunt 1986;Moore and Corbett 1973;Olsson & Sagne 1976;Tattersall 1968). These findings are similar to those from Medieval Croatia (Marin et al 2005).…”

Section: Dental Caries -Causes and Bioarchaeological Studiesmentioning

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Diet and Dental Caries in Post-Medieval London

Mant

Roberts

2014

Int J Histor Archaeol

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Additional information:Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Abstract: This paper explores the dentition of individuals excavated from two post-medieval London cemeteries. Individuals from Chelsea Old Church, a middle-class group, and St. Bride's lower churchyard, a working-class group, were selected and studied. The relative dental status of each group was explored by determining the prevalence of individuals and teeth affected by dental caries. The overall dental status of both class groups was found to be poor; diet was the most likely causative factor. Access to cariogenic foods such as sugar and refined flour likely affected individuals' dental status regardless of their social class.

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Section: Dental Caries -Causes and Bioarchaeological Studiesmentioning

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Diet and Dental Caries in Post-Medieval London

Mant

Roberts

2014

Int J Histor Archaeol

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“…Previous studies carried out on Scandinavian skulls from the medieval period and late medieval period have shown a caries prevalence for the remaining teeth of around 10%, with a variation both between individuals and within the dentition (Olsson & Sagne, 1976;Varrela, 1991).…”

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“…A great variation in occurrence of dental caries has been found during different time periods, with an increase observed in more recent years (Corbett & Moore, 1976;Molnar & Molnar, 1985). An upward trend of caries incidence has been found when looking at populations in the British Isles since the early Anglo-Saxon period (Brothwell, 1961) as well as in Scandinavian countries (Olsson & Sagne, 1976).…”

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Distribution of dental caries in an early 17th century swedish population with special reference to diet

Lingström

Borrman

1999

Int. J. Osteoarchaeol.

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The distribution of dental caries was determined in complete and partial human dentitions from a 17th century (1621–1640) city graveyard excavated in Gothenburg, Sweden. Sixty‐three adults and two children, divided into five different age groups, were studied. Altogether 949 teeth (943 permanent and six deciduous) were examined macroscopically using a dental probe and X‐rays. A high number of teeth had been lost post‐mortem. An increase in ante‐mortem tooth loss was found with increasing age. Sixty per cent of all individuals and 12% of all teeth showed signs of caries. The number of carious teeth per subject increased with increasing age. The highest prevalence of individuals with caries was found for the age group 26–35 (69%). Caries were most prevalent in the first, second and third lower molars (60%), while the incisors and canines in the upper and lower jaws were the least affected teeth (1%). The occlusal surface was the area most susceptible to caries (45%), followed by the buccal cemento–enamel junction (16%) and the approximal contact point (11%). This study shows that, although consuming a diet believed to have been lower in sugar content compared to modern populations, caries did affect a rather high number of individuals living in Sweden during the early 17th century. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…That enables us to continuously follow their economic, social, and cultural progress through different historic periods. [1][2][3][4] Teeth are one of the most enduring physical evidences of existence of an individual after death. As such, they provide good material for palaeodental research for two reasons.…”

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The frequency and distribution of caries in the mediaeval population of Bijelo Brdo in Croatia (10th–11th century)

Vodanović

Brkić

Šlaus

et al. 2005

Archives of Oral Biology

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Summary Reconstruction of the life of ancient peoples can be accomplished by studying their dental remains. The further we go into the past, the greater the importance of dental remains for answering a wide spectre of questions related to the life of a particular community. The dental system is a valuable source of information on the type of food, illnesses, and social stratification within a community.The purpose of this paper was to determine the frequency, distribution, and characteristics of dental caries in the mediaeval population of Bijelo Brdo in Croatia.The analysed sample consisted of the dental remains of 85 individuals with the total of 1064 teeth. The majority (979 or 92.0%) of the teeth belonged to the permanent dentition, and this data set was analysed in this report. The frequency of antemortem tooth loss in the sample was 6.7%, the frequency of caries -9.5%. The most frequent recorded caries were interproximal (3.9%), followed by occlusal (2.9%), and buccal/lingual (1.3%).This research showed that the frequency and distribution of dental caries in the early mediaeval population from Bijelo Brdo is very similar to that of other European populations of the same socio-economic status during the same historic period. Chronological changes in the localisation of caries in populations that inhabited continental Croatia during the mediaeval period indicate a gradual reduction of interproximal caries and an increase of occlusal, buccal, and lingual lesions. These data suggest a change of diet with softer foods becoming more available in the younger time periods. #

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Studies of Caries Prevalence in a Medieval Population

Cited by 19 publications

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Diet and Dental Caries in Post-Medieval London

Diet and Dental Caries in Post-Medieval London

Distribution of dental caries in an early 17th century swedish population with special reference to diet

The frequency and distribution of caries in the mediaeval population of Bijelo Brdo in Croatia (10th–11th century)

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