Dr. Peter Caselitz

Archäologie + Osteologie + Anthropologie + Informatik = Kulturgeschichte

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Corrigendum: Caries - Ancient Plague of Humankind.

in: K.W. Alt, F.W. Rösing und M. Teschler-Nicola (eds.) (1988):
Dental Anthropology. Fundamentals, Limits, and Prospects: 203-226

tab.4 corrected version and
an example for calculating I-CE (see below)

Bad Iburg - Klosterkirche (after Caselitz 1981)

m a x i l l a

tooth present

40

38

45

42

45

32

35

15

292

postmortally lost

10

8

6

5

2

4

6

13

54

intravitally lost

2

2

2

6

4

16

10

9

51

total number of tooth position

52

48

53

53

51

52

51

37

397

carious teeth

0

2

2

4

2

7

5

2

24

percentage of carious teeth

0,00

5,26

4,44

9,52

4,44

21,88

14,29

13,33

8,22

percentage of intravital loss

3,85

4,17

3,77

11,32

7,84

30,77

19,61

24,32

12,85

I-CE

3,85

9,43

8,22

20,84

12,29

52,64

33,89

37,66

21,07

type of tooth

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

sum

tooth present

43

50

56

53

53

36

32

30

353

postmortally lost

17

11

6

5

2

0

3

0

44

intravitally lost

2

2

2

6

7

22

19

8

68

total number of tooth position

62

63

64

64

62

58

54

38

465

carious teeth

0

0

1

4

1

8

0

4

18

percentage of carious teeth

0,00

0,00

1,79

7,55

1,89

22,22

0,00

13,33

5,10

percentage of intravital loss

3,23

3,17

3,13

9,38

11,29

37,93

35,19

21,05

14,62

I-CE

3,23

3,17

4,91

16,92

13,18

60,15

35,19

34,39

19,72

m a n d i b l e

example for calculating I-CE based on canine in maxilla (type of tooth #3 above): 45 upper canines (left plus right side) are observed in the material. Two of them are carious. So calculate: (100/45) * 2 = 4.44. Sum up tooth present (45) plus postmortally lost (6) plus intravitally lost (2) = 53 tooth position. Then calculate: 100/53 * 2 = 3.77. Finally sum up these two results: 4.44 + 3.77 = 8.22. This is the I-CE rate for the canines of the maxialla.