Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 95. (Budapest 2003)

Évinger, S.: Paleostomatological investigation of the anthropological findings from the Avar period cemeteries of Toponár and Fészerlak

postmortem lost teeth (in which are included the teeth belonging to the missing jaw pieces) was 1093. The number of carious teeth was 276, the number of radices was 19. The value of CE was 5.48, the CRE was 26.85. The value of the examinable jaw-surface was 2329, which was the sum of the examinable teeth (1606), the premortem lost teeth (250) and the postmortem lost teeth (473, teeth belonging to missing jaw parts were not included) of the 96 people. The total value of the 276 carious lesions was 597 and the advanced CRE was 0.94. The value of ADI was 59.50. The average level of abrasion was 3.08 which corresponds with the abrasio superficialis II. (3rd degree on the scale of HUSZÁR & SCHRANZ (1952)). The number of front teeth suitable for the examination of enamel hypoplasia was 501, while the number of front teeth with enamel hypoplasia was 245. The HDI was 52.19. There was only one senile female in the sample. We treated her data, just like the senile female's from the cemetery of Toponár. 74.0% of the skulls had at least one carious lesion (Table 5). The occurrence of this alteration was the most frequent with the mature males while the least frequent with the adult females, but there were no considerable differences among the age groups or between the two genders. 17.19% of the examined teeth were carious (Table 6). The number of tooth decays was significantly increasing with age, but between males and females, there was only a small difference (Table 7). The average number of carious teeth per affected individual was the highest with the mature males (Table 6). Premortem tooth loss was found with the 46.9% of the individuals (Table 5). The frequency of the people with premortem lost teeth was increasing greatly with age while between the sexes there was only a slight difference from this aspect. The premortem lost teeth amounted to 10.73% of the examinable jaw-surface (Table 6). Their number was substantially increasing with age, too. 33.3% of the people had cystae/abscessi (Table 5). This type of alteration was more frequent with the males and was increasing with age. In both cases, the differences were considerable. The rate of cystae/abscessi comparing to the examinable jaw-surface was 2.71% (Table 6). Their frequency was significantly higher with the males and with age. Observing the data of Table 6, it is unambiguously discernible that the occurrence of tooth decays and cystae/abscessi are correlating with each other. Among the 80 people fit for the examination of enamel hypoplasia, the frequency of this alteration was 75.0% (Table 5). 48.90% of the front teeth showed the marks of hypoplasia (Table 6). The occurrence of hypoplasia was similar in