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%)