[Stomatological studies of the slavic cemetery at the Spandau Burgwall, Berlin].
The dentition of a medieval population from the former Spandau Burgwall in Berlin was investigated with regard to caries and other abnormities of the teeth, the palate and the jaws. The caries frequency amounts to 7.9%, while 63.6% of the individuals had a caries dentition. The diminuation of the caries frequency from the juveniles to the 40--60 years old individuals depends on the high rate of loss of tooth during life. Probably, all teeth which have been lost during life can be evaluated as decayed teeth. X-ray pictures have shown that three sets of teeth have hypercementotic alterations at the roots, eight permanent dentitions have cysts and apical parodontitis. Supernumerary cuspids at the toothcrowns are to be seen as a tuberculum paramolare and a tuberculum intermedium. A second upper molar has a reduced crown with only two cuspids and shows the tendency of reduction to a bicuspid. Toothrotation and other deviations of teeth from their position in the row are frequent in this material. Four deciduous dentitions of children were investigated, too. Three carious teeth were found among 45 available teeth, two deciduous molars and one first upper molar show a Carabelli's tubercle, the other first molar has a fovea carabelli.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005858:Germany; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D010161:Paleodontology; D010482:Periapical Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology; D014071:Tooth Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology
Stomatologische Untersuchungen des slawischen Körpergräberfeldes vom Spandauer Burgwall, Berlin.