Analysis and comparison of tooth wear in late antiquity and early middle age in populations that lived in continental and coastal Croatia using digitized VistaMetrix method.

Autor:	Družijanić A; University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia., Galić I; Department of Oral Surgery, Clinical Hospital Split, Split, Croatia., Vodanović M; Department of Dental Anthropology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia., Šlaus M; Croatian Academy of Science and Arts., Dumančić J; Department of Dental Anthropology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia., Roguljić M; University of Split School of Medicine, Department of Periodontology, Split, Croatia., Glavina A; Dental Outpatient Clinic Split, Split, Croatia., Galemanović A; Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS), Split, Croatia., Brkic H; Department of Dental Anthropology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology [J Forensic Odontostomatol] 2024 Aug 29; Vol. 42 (2), pp. 39-49. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 29.
DOI:	10.5281/zenodo.13473827
Abstrakt:	Background: Tooth wear is a non-pathological loss of hard tissues on the incisal and occlusal tooth surface. In archaeology, the loss of dental tissue through attrition is associated with living opportunities and habits, availability, characteristics and methods of food preparation. In forensics, tooth wear is used to estimate the dental age on cadavers. Material and Methods: For this study, we used an archaeological sample from two sample collections. In this study, tooth wear was compared in archaeological samples of well-preserved maxilla and mandible specimens (n=392) from Croatian coastal and continental populations from Late Antiquity (LA) and the Early Middle Ages (EMA). The computer system VistaMetrix 1.38 was used to analyse the abrasion and attrition of hard dental tissues. The Shapiro-Wilk and chi-square tests were performed for categorical data to test the difference between two historical periods and two geographical locations, while the Kruskal-Wallis test was performed for continuous data. Results: There was a statistically significant difference in the proportion of tooth wear in total teeth area (P < 0.001) when comparing continental and coastal Croatia in LA and coastal Croatia between LA and EMA (P = 0.006 and P < 0.001, respectively). Samples from coastal Croatia from the LA period had the lowest percentage of tooth wear with a median of 8.35%, while samples from coastal Croatia from the EMA had the highest percentage of tooth wear with a median of 18.26%. Our results generally show greater tooth wear in the EMA period in male subjects. Conclusion: The results of the tooth wear research obtained with the Vista Metrix software can contribute to the study of life circumstances and changes that the analysed population has experienced in its historical development. Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. (Copyright© 2024 IOFOS This work is published and licensed by International Organization for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology.)
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