Moscow University
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Anthropology
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1) Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of Anthropology, Ankara, Turkey; 2) Gazi University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Ankara, Turkey; 3) Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Anthropology, Van, Turkey
Özer Ismail, e-mail: iozer@ankara.edu.tr.
Human dental studies spanning the period from the Paleolithic to the present revealed an extremely high variation in the occurrence of agenesis in different populations. The aim of the present study is to study agenesis in the ancient population of Kendirci, Izmir, Turkey. The site is located on the western coast of the country – the Aegean region – and dates to the Hellenistic Period. Nineteen graves with 11 adult skeletons (7 males and 4 females)were excavated. Images of mandibles were obtained using a Planmeca ProMax(®) 3D Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) unit (Planmeca Oy, Helsinki, Finland). Results revealed skeletal lesions including joint and infectious diseases, and mild and severe lesions of jaws and teeth. Possibly the first case of the agenesis of eight molars (congenitally missing four second molars and four third molars) was recorded in an adult male. Congenitally missing teeth other than the third molars are rarely observed in ancient human skeletal remains. Our results contribute an additional information on this rare trait in western Anatolians during the Hellenistic Period.
human skeletal remains, agenesis, Hellenistic Period, Anatolia
Цит.: Özer Ismail, Sağır Mehmet, Özer Başak Koca, Güngör Kahraman, Ozbulut Zehra, Güleç Erksin POSSIBLY THE FIRST CASE OF AGENESIS OF SECOND AND THIRD MOLARS IN HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS FROM KENDIRCI HELLENISTIC PERIOD GRAVES, TURKEY // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 3/2014; с. 76-77
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