The Oral Health of a Group of 19th Century South Australian Settlers in Relation to Their General Health and Compared with That of Contemporaneous Samples

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dc.contributor.authorGurr, A.
dc.contributor.authorHenneberg, M.
dc.contributor.authorKumaratilake, J.
dc.contributor.authorLerche, D.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, L.
dc.contributor.authorBrook, A.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe aims of this study are to determine the oral health status of a rare sample of 19thcentury migrant settlers to South Australia, how oral conditions may have influenced their general health, and how the oral health of this group compares with contemporaneous samples in Australia, New Zealand, and Britain. Dentitions of 18 adults and 22 subadults were investigated using nondestructive methods (micro-CT, macroscopic, radiographic). Extensive carious lesions were identified in seventeen adults and four subadults, and from this group one subadult and sixteen adults had antemortem tooth loss. Sixteen adults showed evidence of periodontal disease. Enamel hypoplastic (EH) defects were identified in fourteen adults and nine subadults. Many individuals with dental defects also had skeletal signs of comorbidities. South Australian individuals had the same percentage of carious lesions as the British sample (53%), more than other historic Australian samples, but less than a contemporary New Zealand sample. Over 50% of individuals from all the historic cemeteries had EH defects, suggesting systemic health insults during dental development were common during the 19th century. The overall oral health of the South Australian settlers was poor but, in some categories, (tooth wear, periapical abscess, periodontal disease), better than the other historic samples.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAngela Gurr, Maciej Henneberg, Jaliya Kumaratilake, Derek Lerche, Lindsay Richards, and Alan Henry Brook
dc.identifier.citationDentistry Journal, 2023; 11(4):1-99-99-28
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/dj11040099
dc.identifier.issn2304-6767
dc.identifier.issn2304-6767
dc.identifier.orcidGurr, A. [0000-0002-9097-9130]
dc.identifier.orcidHenneberg, M. [0000-0003-1941-2286]
dc.identifier.orcidKumaratilake, J. [0000-0001-5904-7629]
dc.identifier.orcidRichards, L. [0000-0001-5474-6420]
dc.identifier.orcidBrook, A. [0000-0002-3484-3888]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/141497
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LE180100136
dc.rights© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/dj11040099
dc.subjectoral health; systemic health; colonial dental health
dc.titleThe Oral Health of a Group of 19th Century South Australian Settlers in Relation to Their General Health and Compared with That of Contemporaneous Samples
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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