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  • Title: [Dental and mandibular studies on mummies. Contribution of a stomatologist].
    Author: Korkhaus G, Otto E.
    Journal: SSO Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnheilkd; 1975 Jul; 85(7):681-719. PubMed ID: 1098143.
    Abstract:
    This is the sequence to an investigation on a mummy, 1965. Two further mummies could be examined: the first, a woman about 34 years old, from the 1st to 3rd century, shows similar advanced destruction of the teeth as the mummy investigated in 1965, caused by sand in the hand milled bread flour. This caused an early loss of molars by exaggerated abrasion, exposure of the pulps and periodontal bone loss. There was no evidence of occlusal caries. The second mummy was a 18-year-old young woman, 800-700 b. C. From the inscriptions on the sarcophagus name, family and living circumstances could be found. The same damages were found here, there was only a gradual difference owing to age difference. An interesting special finding was the absence of lip closure and the postmortal damage to the front teeth which may have been caused by the ritual of mouth opening.
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