Cargando…

Dental calculus - oral health, forensic studies and archaeology: a review

Dental calculus is recognised as a secondary aetiological factor in periodontal disease, and being a prominent plaque retentive factor, it is routinely removed by the dental team to maintain oral health. Conversely, dental calculus can potentially be useful in forensic studies by supplying data that...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Forshaw, Roger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9734501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36494546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41415-022-5266-7
_version_ 1784846594894462976
author Forshaw, Roger
author_facet Forshaw, Roger
author_sort Forshaw, Roger
collection PubMed
description Dental calculus is recognised as a secondary aetiological factor in periodontal disease, and being a prominent plaque retentive factor, it is routinely removed by the dental team to maintain oral health. Conversely, dental calculus can potentially be useful in forensic studies by supplying data that may be helpful in the identification of human remains and assist in determining the cause of death. During the last few decades, dental calculus has been increasingly recognised as an informative tool to understand ancient diet and health. As an archaeological deposit, it may contain non-dietary debris which permits the exploration of human behaviour and activities. While optical and scanning electron microscopy were the original analytical methods utilised to study microparticles entrapped within the calcified matrix, more recently, molecular approaches, including ancient DNA (aDNA) and protein analyses, have been applied. Oral bacteria, a major component of calculus, is the primary target of these aDNA studies. Such analyses can detect changes in the oral microbiota, including those that have reflected the shift from agriculture to industrialisation, as well as identifying markers for various systemic diseases.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9734501
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Nature Publishing Group UK
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-97345012022-12-12 Dental calculus - oral health, forensic studies and archaeology: a review Forshaw, Roger Br Dent J General Dental calculus is recognised as a secondary aetiological factor in periodontal disease, and being a prominent plaque retentive factor, it is routinely removed by the dental team to maintain oral health. Conversely, dental calculus can potentially be useful in forensic studies by supplying data that may be helpful in the identification of human remains and assist in determining the cause of death. During the last few decades, dental calculus has been increasingly recognised as an informative tool to understand ancient diet and health. As an archaeological deposit, it may contain non-dietary debris which permits the exploration of human behaviour and activities. While optical and scanning electron microscopy were the original analytical methods utilised to study microparticles entrapped within the calcified matrix, more recently, molecular approaches, including ancient DNA (aDNA) and protein analyses, have been applied. Oral bacteria, a major component of calculus, is the primary target of these aDNA studies. Such analyses can detect changes in the oral microbiota, including those that have reflected the shift from agriculture to industrialisation, as well as identifying markers for various systemic diseases. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-12-09 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9734501/ /pubmed/36494546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41415-022-5266-7 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to the British Dental Association 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
spellingShingle General
Forshaw, Roger
Dental calculus - oral health, forensic studies and archaeology: a review
title Dental calculus - oral health, forensic studies and archaeology: a review
title_full Dental calculus - oral health, forensic studies and archaeology: a review
title_fullStr Dental calculus - oral health, forensic studies and archaeology: a review
title_full_unstemmed Dental calculus - oral health, forensic studies and archaeology: a review
title_short Dental calculus - oral health, forensic studies and archaeology: a review
title_sort dental calculus - oral health, forensic studies and archaeology: a review
topic General
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9734501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36494546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41415-022-5266-7
work_keys_str_mv AT forshawroger dentalcalculusoralhealthforensicstudiesandarchaeologyareview