Abstract:
By examining the stomatognate systems of 38 individuals found at the excavation site of Schelklingen (Germany; German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg) dating back to the era of the Merovingians, symptoms of intravital tooth loss, caries, abrasions, periodontal diseases, apical processes and tartar were detected on 375 teeth.
The findings were depicted in tables according to their mean values and relative frequency of occurrence and classified according to tooth type, jaw section, jaw, gender and age. The statistical analysis concerns calculation of t-values and u-values.
Afterwards, on the basis of today's awareness in dental medicine and the historic realities of Schelklingen, dependence between the pathologic symptoms and the characteristics for determination were discussed, provided significant results were recorded.
The interdependence of symptoms resulted from positive correlations and was linked with dental, historical and social facts.
In the process of this work evaluation and discussion of the Bamberger-Marie-disease was conducted additionally to the examination of the stomatognate system. In Schelklingen the assumed dependence of the Bamberger-Marie-disease to silicosis was confirmed by the increased occurrence of the disease when heavy tooth abrasions were present and the subject had reached high age.