Research Article
Children of the Golden Minster: St. Oswald’s Priory and the Impact of Industrialisation on Child Health
Table 4
True percent prevalence of dental caries in the deciduous and permanent teeth.
| | Period | Total teeth | Deciduous teeth/affected | Deciduous molars/affected | Permanent teeth/affected | Permanent molars/affected | % caries |
| | Early medieval | 207 | 132/4 | 76/2 | 75/0 | 30/0 | 1.9% | | Later medieval | 549 | 231/1 | 162/0 | 318/0 | 114/0 | 0.2% | | Post-medieval | 354 | 87/10 | 59/9 | 267/12 | 99/11 | 6.2% |
| | Total | 1110 | 450/15 | 297/11 | 660/12 | 243/11 | |
| | % caries | | 3.3% | 3.7% | 1.8% | 4.5% | |
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