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Impacted canine in a prehistoric skull

Impacted teeth are frequently found in humans today, but current data suggest their existance in skulls originating from prehistoric age. This report describes the skull of an adult female that was found during excavation in the Croatian eneolithic site of Vucedol (2700-24- BC). The skull is well preserved and, according to cranial and facial index calculation, is classified as dolichocephalic and mesoprosopic. Cephalometric analysis revealed bimaxxillary prognathism. The maxillary left canine is impacted and its crown peak is visible through tje alveolar maxillary bone fenestration. The position of the canine was verified sing X- rays, and is described in this study as an isolated finding. The reported occurence of impacted teeth in prehistoric material appears to confirm the multifactorial etiology of this anomaly.

impacted canine ; paleopathology

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