在人类学和骨考古学领域,人类牙齿长期以来一直被研究以了解饮食,习惯,和过去文明的疾病。然而,没有发表完整的综述来收集和分析欧洲男性(智人)龋齿患病率随时间变化的广泛可用数据.
在当前的研究中,这两个数据库,Scopus和艺术,设计,和建筑收藏,使用预定义的搜索词进行搜索。两位作者对文献进行了系统的回顾和评估。
研究结果包括与从公元前9000年到1850年的欧洲人群中龋齿患病率增加的显着非线性相关,龋齿的数量和受影响的个体的数量。
尽管人们普遍认为龋齿率在不同的地点和时间之间波动,并且普遍认为龋齿率从史前时代开始增加,据我们所知,这是第一次根据公布的数据证明这种关系。
Within the fields of anthropology and osteoarcheology, human teeth have long been studied to understand the diet, habits, and diseases of past civilizations. However, no complete
review has been published to collect and analyze the extensive available data on caries prevalence in European man (Homo sapiens) over time.
In this current study, the two databases, Scopus and Art, Design, and Architecture Collection, were searched using predefined search terms. The literature was systematically reviewed and assessed by two of the authors.
The findings include a significant nonlinear correlation with increasing caries prevalence in European populations from 9000 BC to 1850 AD, for both the number of carious teeth and the number of affected individuals.
Despite the well-established collective belief that caries rates fluctuate between different locations and time and the general view that caries rates have increased from prehistoric times and onwards, this is to our knowledge the first time this relationship has been proven based on published data.