title: [The absence of a central lower incisor in a medieval subject from the Norman cemetery of San Lorenzo di Aversa (Caserta)].
abstract: The authors describes a case of hypodontia in a male subject aged about 45 years and coming from the medieval necropolis of San Lorenzo of Aversa (Caserta, South Italy), dated to 890-1290 A.D. Hypodontia consists of the absence of a central inferior incisor (probably the left). Radiographic examination excluded the presence of a healed traumatic lesion. For this reason, the authors suggests that the described hypodontia was related to a primary agenesia of the central inferior incisor.
authors.affiliation: Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali, Servizio Tecnico per le Ricerche Antropologiche e Paleopatologiche, San Michele a Ripa, Roma.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Capasso
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pierfelice
mesh_terms: D000848:Anodontia / Q000266:history; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010161:Paleodontology
vernacular_title: Assenza dell'incisivo centrale inferiore in un soggetto medievale proveniente dal cimitero normanno di San Lorenzo di Aversa (Caserta).