Odontopathies in a bronze age human population from Cândeşti (Vrancea county, Romania)

• Main Authors: Vasilica-Monica Groza, Mariana Popovici, Luminița Bejenaru, Ozana-Maria Petraru
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House of the Romanian Academy 2020-11-01
• Series: Memoirs of the Scientific Sections of the Romanian Academy
• Subjects: odontopathies; human remains; middle bronze age; cândeşti (romania)
• Online Access: http://mss.academiaromana-is.ro/mem_sc_st_2020/22_Groza%20et%20al.%202%20Memorii%202020.pdf

The present study focuses on the odontopathies identified in a sample of human skeletons dating from Middle Bronze Age (Monteoru Culture, 1550–1300 BC), discovered in the necropolis of Cândeşti (Vrancea county, Romania). The analysed material comes from 10 subjects – seven males (two adults and five matures), two females (one adolescent and one mature) and one child (infant II). The human skeletons from which the teeth analysed in this paper come are in the custody of the “Olga Necrasov” Center of Anthropological Research, Romanian Academy – Iași Branch. The teeth were analysed on a Carl Zeiss Stemi 2000-C stereomicroscope with a Canon Power Shot SX70 HS attached. This study provides new evidence of odontopathies, in an ancient population of Romania. The following pathologies and anomalies were identified at dental level: radicular remains and edentia (one case for each), dental caries and dental calculus (three cases for each), dental abrasion and dental enamel hypoplasia (four cases for each).