Abstract：
This study combines caries and antemortem tooth loss rates with possible dental interventions and medical texts to evaluate whether dentistry was practiced in Pharaonic Egypt.
The study includes 32 mandibles and 44 maxillae consisting of 485 teeth and 1052 tooth sockets. It includes 14 Egyptian texts on dental treatments.
Human remains were observed macroscopically for carious lesions and antemortem tooth loss. Egyptian texts were translated from photographs.
11 % of teeth were lost antemortem and 42 % of maxillae and mandibles had one or more teeth lost antemortem. One possible dental extraction is presented. Carious lesions were present in 10 % of teeth and 39 % of mandibles and maxillae. One example of a possible dental filling is presented. Two treatments from Papyrus Ebers discuss treatments to fill a tooth.
AMTL and carious lesions were common in this sample, especially in older adults. The possible presence of a dental extraction and a dental filling in combination with textual references to dental fillings indicate dental interventions were sometimes used to manage dental health in Egypt.
This study is the earliest evidence in Egypt for a dental filling in human remains. It also offers an interdisciplinary analysis of dental treatments that indicates, contrary to earlier publications, that dental interventions were practiced in Egypt during the New Kingdom.
The poor dental health of many Egyptian populations makes it impossible to assess how frequently Egyptians used dental interventions.
Future analysis of the dental filling could help determine its composition.
The study includes 32 mandibles and 44 maxillae consisting of 485 teeth and 1052 tooth sockets. It includes 14 Egyptian texts on dental treatments.
Human remains were observed macroscopically for carious lesions and antemortem tooth loss. Egyptian texts were translated from photographs.
11 % of teeth were lost antemortem and 42 % of maxillae and mandibles had one or more teeth lost antemortem. One possible dental extraction is presented. Carious lesions were present in 10 % of teeth and 39 % of mandibles and maxillae. One example of a possible dental filling is presented. Two treatments from Papyrus Ebers discuss treatments to fill a tooth.
AMTL and carious lesions were common in this sample, especially in older adults. The possible presence of a dental extraction and a dental filling in combination with textual references to dental fillings indicate dental interventions were sometimes used to manage dental health in Egypt.
This study is the earliest evidence in Egypt for a dental filling in human remains. It also offers an interdisciplinary analysis of dental treatments that indicates, contrary to earlier publications, that dental interventions were practiced in Egypt during the New Kingdom.
The poor dental health of many Egyptian populations makes it impossible to assess how frequently Egyptians used dental interventions.
Future analysis of the dental filling could help determine its composition.
摘要：
这项研究将龋齿和死前牙齿损失率与可能的牙科干预措施和医学文献相结合，以评估在法老埃及是否实行牙科治疗。
该研究包括32个下颌骨和44个上颌骨，包括485个牙齿和1052个牙槽。它包括14个关于牙科治疗的埃及文本。
肉眼观察到人类遗骸的龋齿病变和死前牙齿脱落。埃及文本是从照片翻译而来的。
11％的牙齿在死前丢失，而42％的上颌骨和下颌骨在死前丢失了一颗或多颗牙齿。提出了一种可能的拔牙。在10％的牙齿和39％的下颌骨和上颌骨中存在恶习病变。提出了可能的牙科填充物的一个示例。来自PapyrusEbers的两种治疗方法讨论了填充牙齿的治疗方法。
AMTL和龋齿病变在这个样本中很常见，尤其是老年人。可能存在拔牙和牙齿填充物以及对牙齿填充物的文字引用，表明有时在埃及使用牙齿干预来管理牙齿健康。
这项研究是埃及人类遗骸牙齿填充的最早证据。它还提供了牙科治疗的跨学科分析，表明，与以前的出版物相反，牙科干预是在新王国时期在埃及实行的。
许多埃及人牙齿健康状况不佳，因此无法评估埃及人使用牙科干预的频率。
未来对牙齿填充物的分析可能有助于确定其成分。
该研究包括32个下颌骨和44个上颌骨，包括485个牙齿和1052个牙槽。它包括14个关于牙科治疗的埃及文本。
肉眼观察到人类遗骸的龋齿病变和死前牙齿脱落。埃及文本是从照片翻译而来的。
11％的牙齿在死前丢失，而42％的上颌骨和下颌骨在死前丢失了一颗或多颗牙齿。提出了一种可能的拔牙。在10％的牙齿和39％的下颌骨和上颌骨中存在恶习病变。提出了可能的牙科填充物的一个示例。来自PapyrusEbers的两种治疗方法讨论了填充牙齿的治疗方法。
AMTL和龋齿病变在这个样本中很常见，尤其是老年人。可能存在拔牙和牙齿填充物以及对牙齿填充物的文字引用，表明有时在埃及使用牙齿干预来管理牙齿健康。
这项研究是埃及人类遗骸牙齿填充的最早证据。它还提供了牙科治疗的跨学科分析，表明，与以前的出版物相反，牙科干预是在新王国时期在埃及实行的。
许多埃及人牙齿健康状况不佳，因此无法评估埃及人使用牙科干预的频率。
未来对牙齿填充物的分析可能有助于确定其成分。
