A unique case of mandibular osteomyelitis arising from tooth germ infection in a 7,000-year-old infant from Siberia
Excavations from a 7,000-year-old mortuary site in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia, Russian Federation, revealed an infant with osteomyelitis of the mandible. The lesion exhibits deformation of the anterior mandibular base, an extra-oral cloaca, and new periosteal bone layers on the corpus. Entry...
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Language: | English |
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Dental Anthropology Association
2012-06-01
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Series: | Dental Anthropology |
Online Access: | http://journal.dentalanthropology.org/index.php/jda/article/view/55/39 |