The impact of dietary and cultural habits on the composition of dental calculus. A comparative Anthropological study among a sample of adult Egyptians and Nubians /
أثر العادات الغذائية والثقافية في تكوين القلح السني دراسة أنثروبولوجية مقارنة لعينة من البالغين المصريين والنوبيين
Neveen Ibrahim Mohamed Hamza ; Supervised Nancy Ahmed Fakhry Khattab , Tamer Gad Rashed ,Tamer Mahmoud Abdelwahab
- Cairo : Neveen Ibrahim Mohamed Hamza , 2021
- 120 P . : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of African postgraduate studies - Department of Anthropology
Background although dental calculus has destructive effects on gingival health causing periodontal diseases, but nowadays there is a great importance of dental calculus; especially archeological dental calculus as a source of dietary information. Aim of the study is to assess the prevalence of dental calculus of Egyptian population and Egyptian Nubians, studying composition of dental calculus in relation to diet, and investigating the effect of cultural habits on dental calculus formation and composition. Methods data collected using questionnaires, and by the collection of dental calculus samples from both Egyptians and Nubians and these samples analyzed using SEM-EDX. Results showed that there is a difference in dental calculus prevalence between both study groups, and that cultural habits affect dental calculus formation rate, also there is a correlation between diet and dental calculus formation. On the other hand, the dental calculus composition showed no marked difference between the two studied groups