Naslov
Stafne’s Defects in Two Mandibles from Archaeological Sites in Croatia

Autori
Vodanović, Marin ; Šlaus, Mario ; Galić, Ivan ; Marotti, Miljenko ; Brkić, Hrvoje

Izvornik
International journal of osteoarchaeology (1047-482X) 21 (2011), 1; 119-126

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kratko priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Stafne’s defect; lingual cortical mandibular defect; CT analysis; skeletal anomaly; non-metric trait; Croatia

Sažetak
Salivary gland inclusions in the mandible are relatively uncommon in recent as well as archaeological populations. This condition is well known to oral surgeons, but less so to anthropologists, osteologists and skeletal biologists. At present a limited number of reports pertaining to this condition in ancient populations are available in anthropological and palaeopathological literature, although scattered reports of cases in recent populations are found in dental journals. This paper analyses the prevalence of Stafne’s bone defect in a large composite Croatian archaeological series (nĽ4250 mandibles), and reports on two cases in which computerised tomography was performed, in order to draw the attention of anthropologists, osteologists and skeletal biologists to this condition when faced with differential diagnosis of odontogenic lesions, cysts and neoplasms in the area of the angle of the mandible.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Dentalna medicina, Arheologija

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