Odontometric parameters of adults of the early Middle Ages living in Penza region

Abstract

Background. The study examines the odontometric parameters of adults of the early Middle Ages who lived in Penza region. The relevance of the topic of odontological variability is related to the need to understand the historical context of the lives of people who lived in the early Middle Ages, as well as the adaptive mechanisms of the dental system to changing environmental conditions and socio-cultural environment. The purpose of the work is to collect data on the relative and absolute odontometric parameters of the adult population of the early Middle Ages who lived in Penza region. Materials and methods. The study materials were teeth of 40 adults, among them incisors – 68, canines – 47, premolars – 95, molars – 129, stored in the anthropological laboratory of the sub-department of Human Anatomy of the Medical Institute of Penza State University. The odontometric study was carried out according to the method of A.A. Zubov and included measuring the height, width, length of crowns and root, as well as calculating the massiveness and modulus of crowns. Results and conclusions. The result of the study was to obtain and systematize information on the odontological characteristics of anthropological material dated from the 2nd – 4th centuries. Within the group the siza ratios of frontal and lateral teeth were established, the parameters of scientific research aimed at studying the phylogenetic variability of elements of the human dental apparatus, determining the level and direction of population migration, and identifying phylogenetic kinship with remote populations were determined.

Keywords

• crown width
• crown length
• crown height
• crown massiveness
• crown modulus
• root length