Dental morphology on skeletal material from medieval graveyard of Stara Torina

Smilja, Reljanović, Marija, P, Đurić-Srejić, M, Nastić, Milan, Marković

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Jugoslavije

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0351-1480

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1999-2021/11/05/08:16:04

Point of the study was examination of the morphological variants of teeth on skeletal material from medieval graveyard of Stara Torina. Comparing our results with the results of the other medieval nekropolis on this area give us information about dental profile of medieval population on the region of current Serbia. A sample of casts representing 40 individuals is selected from the collection for use in this study. Number of teeth analysed was 343 and 27 morphological variants of teeth crown were observed. On the incisors we found two morphologicial variants: shovel-shaped incisors (44%) and outstanding lingual ridge (40%). On the canines we found outstanding lingual tubercle (46,67%). On the premolars the highest frequency if 'H' fissure pattern (28,21%) was noted. Considerable variants were found on the occlusal surface of molars. The morphologicial variants corresponds south-European population like the spatulate incisors, premolars with two cusps, the first upper molar with four cusps (73,3%), the second lower molar with four cusps and '+' fissure paterns (51,5%) and the Carabelli trait on the first upper molar ( I 3,1 %). There considerable correlation found among the medieval populations of our geographic region.