目的:本文评估了牙骨质-牙釉质交界处与牙槽突之间的距离与牙周炎通常相关的危险因素之间的关系。
方法:从20世纪来自梅里达的法医人类收集中分析了80名已知生物学性别和年龄的28至92岁的个体,尤卡坦(墨西哥)。
方法:宏观评估,随着度量分析,使用探针。
结果:死前牙缺失与牙骨质-牙釉质交界处和牙槽脊之间的距离呈正相关,女性根结石的存在也是如此。
结论:牙釉质交界处到牙槽峰的距离不是牙周炎的可靠指标,因为它与引起牙周炎的感染性病原体没有直接关系,因为死前牙齿脱落会影响牙根暴露。
结论:这项研究表明,在考古和法医遗骸中诊断牙周炎的纯粹定量方法可能会产生误导。
结论:骨骼集合仅代表梅里达的低社会经济阶层,它的女性群体代表性不足。此外,因为Xoclan系列是现代的,这些解释对较旧的考古遗迹的适用性存在局限性(特别是在牙齿磨损方面)。
■需要牙槽骨的定量和定性特征的组合来可靠地诊断骨骼人群中的牙周炎。
OBJECTIVE: This paper assesses the relationship between the distance between the cemento-enamel junction and alveolar crest and risk factors commonly associated with periodontitis.
METHODS: Eighty individuals between 28 and 92 years old with known biological sex and age were analyzed from a 20th century forensic human collection from Merida, Yucatan (Mexico).
METHODS: Macroscopic assessment, along with metric analysis, was employed using a probe.
RESULTS: Ante-mortem tooth loss was positively correlated with the distance between the cemento-enamel junction and alveolar crest, as was the presence of root calculus in females.
CONCLUSIONS: Cemento-enamel junction to alveolar crest distance is not a reliable indicator of periodontitis since it is not directly related to periodontitis-causing infectious pathogens, and since ante-mortem tooth loss can affect root exposure.
CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that a purely quantitative approach to diagnosing periodontitis in archaeological and forensic human remains can be misleading.
CONCLUSIONS: The skeletal collection is only representative of the low socioeconomic class of Merida, and its female cohort is underrepresented. In addition, because the Xoclan collection is modern, limitations (particularly with respect to tooth wear) of the applicability of these interpretations to older archaeological remains exist.
UNASSIGNED: A combination of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of alveolar bone is needed to reliably diagnose periodontitis in skeletal populations.