[Individual age determination using growth rings in the cementum of buried human teeth].
Incremental lines of the dental cementum were used for individual age determination in 102 teeth. 66 of them come from different historic periods, 15 teeth were cremated. 36 modern teeth of known age were use as controls. The incremental lines were investigated by use of 100 microns thin cross-sections of the root. Age determination by this method was possible in every tooth, independent of incinaration of various burial conditions. The individual age was determined by adding the mean value of the repeatedly counted incremental lines to the sex-specific eruption age of the tooth in question. Since average deviation from known age is +/- 3.23 years only, counting the incremental lines represent a very advantageous, quantitative method for individual age determination.
Institut für Anthropologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth; D002648:Child; D003739:Dental Cementum / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009027:Mortuary Practice; D010161:Paleodontology / Q000379:methods*; D011180:Postmortem Changes
Individualaltersbestimmung mit Hilfe von Zuwachsringen im Zement bodengelagerter menschlicher Zähne.