Presence of dental signs of congenital syphilis in pre-modern specimens
| Autor: | Renata J. Henneberg, Maciej Henneberg, Stella Ioannou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Turkey
Dentistry Disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system medicine Humans 0601 history and archaeology General Dentistry Mexico History Ancient 060101 anthropology Dentition business.industry Tooth Abnormalities Syphilis Congenital 030206 dentistry 06 humanities and the arts Cell Biology General Medicine medicine.disease Past treatments Tooth morphology Hypoplasia History Medieval stomatognathic diseases Congenital syphilis Otorhinolaryngology Archaeology Italy Austria Syphilis business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of oral biology. 85 |
| ISSN: | 1879-1506 |
| Popis: | Objective Tooth morphology can vary due to genetic factors, infectious diseases and other environmental stresses. Congenital syphilis is known to interrupt tooth formation i.e. odontogenesis and amelogenesis, producing specific dental characteristics. Variation of those characteristics can occur, resulting in dental signs “not typical” of the disease, however, they are described in the 19th century literature. Past treatments of congenital syphilis with mercury also interrupted dental processes resulting in significantly different dental signs. The aim of this study is to examine the dentition of the oldest (pre 15th century) cases attributed to congenital syphilis to determine whether their dental processes have been affected by either congenital syphilis itself, its treatments (mercury) or a combination of both (syphilitic-mercurial). Design Comparisons of dental signs of congenital syphilis and its mercuric treatments as described by Hutchinson, Moon and Fournier in the 1800s and in standardised methods as established by modern studies, are made with the dentition of specimens found in archaeological sites in Mexico, Italy, Turkey and Austria dating back to the Terminal Formative Period, Classical Antiquity, Byzantine times and Middle Ages. Results The dentitions of a child from Oaxaca, Mexico, St. Polten, Austria, and two juveniles from Classical Antiquity site Metaponto, Italy, show signs attributed to syphilis only. One adolescent from Byzantine site Nicaea, Turkey, shows dental signs characterised as syphilitic-mercurial. Conclusions Dental abnormalities observed in Mediterranean individuals match a range of signs attributable to congenital syphilis and its treatments, more so than the New World case. Therefore, it is likely that these individuals suffered from congenital syphilis. |
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