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Tooth Eruption and Function in an Early Anglo-Saxon Population 1

Chronic inflammatory periodontal disease has become the most prevalent human malady due mainly to the effects of soft diet texture allowing the accumulation of bacteria in relation to the gingival margin (Newman 1974). So widespread is this disease, that is is difficult to find a human population exhibiting physiologic dental and periodontal function. It is usually necessary, as in the present study, to have recourse to the jaw remains of ancient or primitive groups. which had masticated food of natural texture. Generally these show minimal pathologic changes typical of 'civilized' populations consuming soft diet. Other mammals also show increasing severity of chronic inflammatory periodontal disease when subjected to diets differing in texture, but not chemical content, from those ofequivalent groups consuming such foods in their natural form (Egelberg 1965, Hatt et al. 1968).