A Contemporary Clínícal Assessment of Hístorícal Fíndings of a 14,000 Year Oíd Tooth
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James L. Gutmann [1]
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[1] Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Journal of the history of dentistry: Official publication of the American Academy of the History of Dentistry, ISSN 1089-6287, Vol. 63, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 87-92
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
A recent publication in N a t u r e - Scientific Reports identified a 14,000-yearold tooth that apparently had undergone a dental procedure t o remove dental caries. This report is well detailed and focused on the discovery of what appeared t o be dental caries manipulation in the Late Upper Palaeolithic Era in a human specimen (Villabruna) f r om a burial site in Northern Italy. Modern technology was used t o assess this f i n d i ng and provide a reasonable explanation based on specific enamel chipping observed in t h e uppermost mesial margin of the tooth cavity. While details of the discovery were basedprimarily on the tooth cavity that was identified and th e specific characteristics it displayed, upon review of the report other observations not reported o rassessed may suggest additional considerations for contemporary dentistry. The purpose of this article is to attempt to provide a plausible clinical perspective on these additional observation and assessments along with identifying questions as to the importance o f these conclusions.
