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Mini Review: Dental Pulp as a Source for Paleomicrobiology

Tung Nguyen-Hieu ; Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes Faculté de médecine, Université de la Méditerranée
Gérard Aboudharam ; Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes Faculté de médecine, Université de la Méditerranée
Michel Drancourt ; Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes Faculté de médecine, Université de la Méditerranée

Sažetak

Paleomicrobiology is a recent science. Paleomicrobiology describes the history of infectious diseases through research of ancient microbes. The dentistry with the tooth in particular has contributed to the progress of this science. The dental pulp is very well protected in the centre of the tooth. Molecular techniques such as “suicide PCR” and Multiple Spacer Typing have identified and characterized micro-organisms in the ancient samples. The detection of bacterial DNA from ancient dental pulp provided the scientific evidences for diagnosis of the infectious diseases of the past. The cooperation of paleomicrobiology and paleodontology also contributed the new knowledge to human pathology.

Ključne riječi

Paleomicrobiology; Ancient Teeth; Dental Pulp; Microbial Detection

Hrčak ID:

69511

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/69511

Datum izdavanja:

21.6.2011.

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