Dental pathologies and their anthropological implications

Abstract

This article focuses on the topic of oral diseases in societies of the past, but from an anthropological point of view. The human skeleton and teeth constitute one of the best means of discovering some diseases that have left their mark on them. From these paellas it is intended to try to understand the impact that different oral pathologies must have had on the personal and, in addition, on the society to which they belonged. Some dental pathology can provide direct evidence of the type of diet a modus vivendi of the person of the past