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Sambaqui Societies

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Dental caries on the teeth of buried skeletons (oral pathology of individual MO59 (female, YA). (a) Left maxilla: A, dental wear; B, ante-mortem tooth loss; C, occlusal-dentin caries and pit caries; D, occlusal-pulp caries. (b) Mandible, occlusal view. (c) Mandible, lingual view on right side: E, M2: occlusal caries and related abscess and cervical caries; F, M3: gross-gross caries and related abscess. (d) Mandible, buccal view on left side: G, M1: occlusal pulp caries, abscess, and alveolar resorption/ image: Luis Nicanor Pezo-Lanfranco)

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Luis Nicanor Pezo-Lanfranco

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