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Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology, Vol. 16 No. 1, 2022.

Review article

Periodontal diseases in Antiquity

Nilsun Bagis orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-4301-8502
Melike Camgoz orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-5241-019X ; Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

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Abstract

Periodontal disease has been one of the major oral health problems of the human race since the Stone Age. Many studies conducted on skeletal remains of populations from different time periods have established the presence of destructive periodontal diseases with alveolar bone loss and/or tooth loss. The aim of this review article is to present several studies, covering a wide range of time periods, localities and populations, that paint a picture of the severity and prevalence of historic periodontal conditions.

Keywords

ancient populations; periodontal diseases

Hrčak ID:

279717

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/279717

Publication date:

28.6.2022.

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