Hypotrophic Roots of the Upper Central Incisors –a Proposed New Discrete Dental Trait

Hypotrophic Roots of the Upper Central Incisors –a Proposed New Discrete Dental Trait

This paper describes a newly defined nonmetric trait in the human dentition, i.e., Hypotrophic Roots of the Upper Central Incisors (HRUCI). Teeth presenting HRUCI are characterized by abnormally short roots whose crowns exhibit no apparent morphological alterations. The trait was observed in six sam...

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Main Authors: Claudia Cunha, Ana Maria Silva, Joel Irish, G. Richard Scott, Tiago Tomé, José Marquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dental Anthropology Association 2012-06-01
Series:Dental Anthropology
Online Access:http://journal.dentalanthropology.org/index.php/jda/article/view/54/38
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Summary:This paper describes a newly defined nonmetric trait in the human dentition, i.e., Hypotrophic Roots of the Upper Central Incisors (HRUCI). Teeth presenting HRUCI are characterized by abnormally short roots whose crowns exhibit no apparent morphological alterations. The trait was observed in six samples from collective funerary sites in the Iberian Peninsula dated from the Late Neolithic to the Chalcolithic period.
ISSN:1096-9411

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