Oral bacterial flora studied in old Slavonic populations from
9th century using analysis of dental calculus

a 2012

Oral bacterial flora studied in old Slavonic populations from 9th century using analysis of dental calculus

FIALOVÁ, Dana, Eva DROZDOVÁ, Radim SKOUPÝ, Petr MIKULÍK, Bohuslav KLÍMA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Oral bacterial flora studied in old Slavonic populations from 9th century using analysis of dental calculus

Authors

FIALOVÁ, Dana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Eva DROZDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Radim SKOUPÝ (203 Czech Republic), Petr MIKULÍK (203 Czech Republic) and Bohuslav KLÍMA (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

18th Congress of The European Anthropological Association. Human Evolution and Dispersals, 2012

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

Country of publisher

Turkey

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/12:00058148

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

Keywords in English

dental anthropology; oral bacterial flora; dental calculus; scanning electron microscope; old Slavonic populations; 9th century; Cenral Europe; Great Moravia

Abstract

V originále

The occurrence of the dental caries in the Old Slavonic populations from the 9th century from Central Europe i.e. from the Great Moravian period is very frequent. The predispositions for caries forming are in general: personal hygiene, food and daily habits, density, thickness and integrity of dental enamel, secretion of salivary glands and oral bacterial flora. Unfortunately, personal hygiene or daily habits cannot be studied in ancient populations when there are no marks on teeth. The composition of food of Slavs was being studied in many other researches, so firstly during our research a bibliographic search on this topic was made. The density, thickness and integrity of the Slavonic dental enamel will be study later. Our main focus within practical part of our research was on studying the oral bacterial flora. The direct way to do this is using of dental calculus because it contains mineralized bacteria. Scanning electron microscope was used for this purpose. The sample was dry enough so there was no need to adjust it. Bacteria like streptococci, cocci, rods etc. are visible in the pictures. They are in places which were not exposed to external factors like washing or environment in the soil. It is possible to determine only genera but a particular species cannot be differentiated. In our research the existence of bacteria was proved in sample of the dental calculus which is more than thousand years old.

Links

GD404/09/H020, research and development project

Name: Moravskoslezská škola archeologických doktorských studií II

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Moravian-Silesian School of Archeological Doctorate Studies II

MSM0021622427, plan (intention)

Name: Interdisciplinární centrum výzkumů sociálních struktur pravěku až vrcholného středověku. Archeologický terénní a teoretický výzkum, využití přírodních věd, metodologie a informatika, ochrana kulturního dědictví

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

FIALOVÁ, Dana, Eva DROZDOVÁ, Radim SKOUPÝ, Petr MIKULÍK and Bohuslav KLÍMA. Oral bacterial flora studied in old Slavonic populations from 9th century using analysis of dental calculus. In 18th Congress of The European Anthropological Association. Human Evolution and Dispersals. 2012.

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   title = {Oral bacterial flora studied in old Slavonic populations from 9th century using analysis of dental calculus},
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N2  - The occurrence of the dental caries in the Old Slavonic populations from the 9th century from Central Europe i.e. from the Great Moravian period is very frequent. The predispositions for caries forming are in general: personal hygiene, food and daily habits, density, thickness and integrity of dental enamel, secretion of salivary glands and oral bacterial flora. Unfortunately, personal hygiene or daily habits cannot be studied in ancient populations when there are no marks on teeth. The composition of food of Slavs was being studied in many other researches, so firstly during our research a bibliographic search on this topic was made. The density, thickness and integrity of the Slavonic dental enamel will be study later. Our main focus within practical part of our research was on studying the oral bacterial flora. The direct way to do this is using of dental calculus because it contains mineralized bacteria. Scanning electron microscope was used for this purpose. The sample was dry enough so there was no need to adjust it. Bacteria like streptococci, cocci, rods etc. are visible in the pictures. They are in places which were not exposed to external factors like washing or environment in the soil. It is possible to determine only genera but a particular species cannot be differentiated. In our research the existence of bacteria was proved in sample of the dental calculus which is more than thousand years old.
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FIALOVÁ, Dana, Eva DROZDOVÁ, Radim SKOUPÝ, Petr MIKULÍK and Bohuslav KLÍMA. Oral bacterial flora studied in old Slavonic populations from 9th century using analysis of dental calculus. In \textit{18th Congress of The European Anthropological Association. Human Evolution and Dispersals}. 2012.

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