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With the aim to study dental pathological lesions in an early Swedish modern population, with special reference to sex variances of dental caries, the prevalence and distribution of dental caries and tooth wear were determined in complete and partial human dentitions from an early modern-time city graveyard โ excavated in Gamlestaden, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Partial and complete dentitions were examined through visual inspection and using a dental probe. Pathologies were studied, evaluated and presented by teeth and alveoli. The study population consisted of individuals. A total of 4, teeth in adults and 1, teeth in children were examined. Caries was most prevalent in the molar teeth and least prevalent in the incisors and canines.
Other clinical findings were signs of apical lesions, crowding of teeth, aplasia, non-erupted canines and calculus. Findings show that dental pathological lesions affected a majority of the studied population, and indicate that women were more predisposed to dental disease than their male counterparts. Results are discussed from a multi-factorial explanation model including dietary, physiological and cultural etiological factors.
In archaeology, examination of human jaws and teeth has long been used to study biological, physiological, and cultural aspects of societies from which studied individuals originate. Pathological and physiological dental lesions in human remains provide valuable information regarding diet, food preparation and nutrition [ 1 โ 4 ], transitional changes within societies [ 5 โ 7 ] and further reflects some most relatable human life qualities such as external appearance, pain sensation and masticatory function.
