Research Article
Frequency of Dental Caries in Four Historical Populations from the Chalcolithic to the Middle Ages
Table 1
State of dental arches.
| Number of maxillae and teeth | Maxillae | Mandibles | Teeth expected | Teeth present | Teeth lost | Antemortem | Postmortem |
| Les Treilles | 0 | 24 | 384 | 157 (40.8%) | 45 (11.71%) | 182 (47.3%) | Marsan | 33 | 33 | 1056 | 791 (74.9%) | 56 (5.3%) | 140 (13.2) | Saint-Michel | 41 | 41 | 1312 | 992 (75.6%) | 47 (3.6%) | 114 (8.6%) | Vilarnau | 58 | 58 | 1856 | 1376 (74.1%) | 146 (7.8%) | 294 (15.8%) |
| Total | 103 | 127 | 4608 | 3316 (72.0%) | 294 (6.3%) | 730 (15.8%) |
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