Dental Anthropology practice questions and answers-
latest update.
Udomograph - ANS writing about teeth in comparison of different types of animals, fish
to reptiles.
Odontology - ANS Scientific study of dental development and structure--study later
become absorbed into the study of Anthropology
Dental Anthropology - ANS Sub branch of biological/physical anthropology. Draws fields
such as clinical dentistry, anatomy, archaeology, development and growth, and
primatology (looking at primate teeth and comparing them to humans to see how they
differ)
Physical Anthropology - ANS Variations and changes in teeth through evolution and
human history to understand biological evolution of primate ancestors.
- Dryopithecus y-5 pattern
Dryopithecus Y-5 Pattern - ANS used to identify human teeth. Mesial lingual and distal
buccal molars have to come in contact
Pattern helps identifies humans, but is also found in apes (known to have originated in
apes).
Pattern is not found in old world monkeys
Victoria premolars - ANS Teeth are hard and durable but under genetic control
(phylogenic lineages).
The lower premolars in some historical ancestors are not similar to ours (square)--
shaped more like a triangle
Genetics controls size, shape, and morphology of teeth - ANS If you find teeth that is
reduced in size or similar to our teeth= primate like ape rather than human like
Uses of DA based on the History of DA by - ANS Scott and Turner in technique and app
in DA
Teeth are unique as they demonstrate the effects of the environment - ANS Changes in
teeth are important be diet changes variously
Tooth numbers can continue to change and revolutionize
Some people do not develop third molars
, Personal environmental effects demonstrated: - ANS examining wear that appears on
crowns; observing tiny defects in enamel and dentin
Ales Hardwicke - ANS First person to notice distinctions among population in Native
American skeletons at the Smithsonian.
Observed maxillary incisors had marginal ridges which became known as shovel-
shaped incisors due to their resemblance to a coal shovel (Asian ancestors also have
resembling shovel-shaped incisors due to extra ridge of bone along sides of teeth)
Other authors followed his lead and wrote about dentition of people with whom they
were familiar with.
Ales Hardwicke was born: - ANS Born in Bohemia and came to visit the US, worked at
Smithsonian after visiting Folsom site in New Mexico--convinced of antiquity of Natives
George Von Carrabelle - ANS Described a cusp named after him- Carrabelle’s cusp- an
accessory mesiolingual cusp found on maxillary first molar crowns of Europeans.
WK Gregory - ANS Discussed racial differences found on lingual surfaces of anterior
teeth, molar cusp patterns, and the groove patterns in molars.
TD Campbell - ANS Research dentition among Australian Aborigines
Dahlberg - ANS Native American dentition research
Pederson - ANS East Greenland research of skim dentition
Mores - ANS the Aleut dentition
Stanly garn - ANS studied intern in dentition and 3rd molars and observed size diff in
teeth between male and female of modern human teeth
Kraus research: - ANS genetics and morphogenesis of traits in dental crowns
Laser - ANS Forensic potential of tooth morphology
Dental anthropology in 1960s focused on - ANS Measurement of crowns and roots
Oral health concerns- impact of agriculture on human dentition & deleterious mutations
Signs of dietary deficiency and growth defects (enamel hypoplasia) ****
Broth well wrote "Dental Anther" - ANS the first major book devoted to teeth
How does agriculture effect morphology? - ANS Once settled with agriculture, teeth will
modify to qualify to diet.
latest update.
Udomograph - ANS writing about teeth in comparison of different types of animals, fish
to reptiles.
Odontology - ANS Scientific study of dental development and structure--study later
become absorbed into the study of Anthropology
Dental Anthropology - ANS Sub branch of biological/physical anthropology. Draws fields
such as clinical dentistry, anatomy, archaeology, development and growth, and
primatology (looking at primate teeth and comparing them to humans to see how they
differ)
Physical Anthropology - ANS Variations and changes in teeth through evolution and
human history to understand biological evolution of primate ancestors.
- Dryopithecus y-5 pattern
Dryopithecus Y-5 Pattern - ANS used to identify human teeth. Mesial lingual and distal
buccal molars have to come in contact
Pattern helps identifies humans, but is also found in apes (known to have originated in
apes).
Pattern is not found in old world monkeys
Victoria premolars - ANS Teeth are hard and durable but under genetic control
(phylogenic lineages).
The lower premolars in some historical ancestors are not similar to ours (square)--
shaped more like a triangle
Genetics controls size, shape, and morphology of teeth - ANS If you find teeth that is
reduced in size or similar to our teeth= primate like ape rather than human like
Uses of DA based on the History of DA by - ANS Scott and Turner in technique and app
in DA
Teeth are unique as they demonstrate the effects of the environment - ANS Changes in
teeth are important be diet changes variously
Tooth numbers can continue to change and revolutionize
Some people do not develop third molars
, Personal environmental effects demonstrated: - ANS examining wear that appears on
crowns; observing tiny defects in enamel and dentin
Ales Hardwicke - ANS First person to notice distinctions among population in Native
American skeletons at the Smithsonian.
Observed maxillary incisors had marginal ridges which became known as shovel-
shaped incisors due to their resemblance to a coal shovel (Asian ancestors also have
resembling shovel-shaped incisors due to extra ridge of bone along sides of teeth)
Other authors followed his lead and wrote about dentition of people with whom they
were familiar with.
Ales Hardwicke was born: - ANS Born in Bohemia and came to visit the US, worked at
Smithsonian after visiting Folsom site in New Mexico--convinced of antiquity of Natives
George Von Carrabelle - ANS Described a cusp named after him- Carrabelle’s cusp- an
accessory mesiolingual cusp found on maxillary first molar crowns of Europeans.
WK Gregory - ANS Discussed racial differences found on lingual surfaces of anterior
teeth, molar cusp patterns, and the groove patterns in molars.
TD Campbell - ANS Research dentition among Australian Aborigines
Dahlberg - ANS Native American dentition research
Pederson - ANS East Greenland research of skim dentition
Mores - ANS the Aleut dentition
Stanly garn - ANS studied intern in dentition and 3rd molars and observed size diff in
teeth between male and female of modern human teeth
Kraus research: - ANS genetics and morphogenesis of traits in dental crowns
Laser - ANS Forensic potential of tooth morphology
Dental anthropology in 1960s focused on - ANS Measurement of crowns and roots
Oral health concerns- impact of agriculture on human dentition & deleterious mutations
Signs of dietary deficiency and growth defects (enamel hypoplasia) ****
Broth well wrote "Dental Anther" - ANS the first major book devoted to teeth
How does agriculture effect morphology? - ANS Once settled with agriculture, teeth will
modify to qualify to diet.
