2002, Number 1
Dental mutilations in prehispanic era
Río GRB
Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 28-33
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ABSTRACT
The present document focus in the analysis from data taken from dental samples from the phehispanic era. On complete dental arches with dental mutilations, we see that they were performed on symmetrical patterns. The cases that show asymmetry, are considerate as incompletes due to the fact that the process of filing or inlays placement produced oral pathology. In the skull examples or skull fragments in the National Museum of Anthropology, the maxillary bone perforations are evident. In Dental X Rays we can see the presence of radicular cysts, granulomas and big osteolytic areas as a result of damage to the pulp due to the filing or cutting procedures. These findings have allows to evaluate the technics used by our ancestors.REFERENCES