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Tooth wear and the “design” of the human dentition: A perspective from evolutionary medicine

✍ Scribed by Yousuke Kaifu; Kazutaka Kasai; Grant C. Townsend; Lindsay C. Richards

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
400 KB
Volume
122
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-9483

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✦ Synopsis

Worn, flat occlusal surfaces and anterior edge-to-edge occlusion are ubiquitous among the dentitions of prehistoric humans. The concept of attritional occlusion was proposed in the 1950s as a hypothesis to explain these characteristics. The main aspects of this hypothesis are: 1) the dentitions of ancient populations in heavy-wear environments were continuously and dynamically changing owing to life-long attritional tooth reduction and compensatory tooth migration, 2) all contemporary humans inherit these compensatory mechanisms, and recent reduction in wear severity has resulted in failure to develop attritional occlusion, and 3) this failure leads to an increased frequency of various dental problems in modern societies. Because of the potential significance

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