Symmetry and Asymmetry of the Antegonial Notch

Mączka, Grzegorz; Kulus, Michał; Grzelak, Joanna; Staniowski, Tomasz; Skośkiewicz−Malinowska, Katarzyna; Dąbrowski, Paweł

doi:10.3390/sym14081558

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“…Even though the obtained results give a consistent image of age-related changes, they must be treated with caution, due to the main limitations of our studycross-sectional character and limited sample sizes (see "Limitations" section). A potential confounding factor of random environmental effects, which may manifest itself as fluctuating asymmetry 46 , has been considered here. However, the performed analysis of two FA indicators showed that this variable was negligible in our sample.…”

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Insight into age-related changes of the human facial skeleton based on medieval European osteological collection

Walczak,

Krenz-Niedbała,

Łukasik

2023

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Aging changes in the facial skeleton are concentrated mostly in orbits, maxilla and mandible. The aim of this study was to analyze metric traits of the adult viscerocranium in a medieval sample from Cedynia (Poland, Central Europe) and confront the results with literature data for modern populations. It was assumed that diet-related greater biomechanical forces generated during mastication in medieval versus modern times led to slower rate of bone resorption with age. 3D models of the facial skeleton are created for 230 individuals, categorized into young, middle and old adults, and a subgroup of edentulous middle adults is distinguished. Orbits, piriform aperture, maxilla and mandible are measured using Geomagic Studio 12 and analyzed among age categories as well as dentate and edentulous subgroups. The values of the orbital and piriform aperture measurements tend to increase with age and reached statistical significance in males (right orbit height, left orbit width, piriform aperture surface area). In females, maxillary height significantly decrease at right first premolar and first molar, together with height of the right mandibular ramus. In edentulous individuals of both sexes the orbits are wider, and maxillary and mandibular heights are lower than in dentate individuals. This study reveals similar character and direction of the aging process of the facial skeleton in medieval and modern adults, however slower rate of resorptive changes is found in the former sample, which suggests, that diet-related biomechanical forces can influence intensification of the aging processes in the facial skeleton.

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