The dawn of dentistry in the late upper Paleolithic: An early case of pathological intervention at Riparo Fredian

Oxilia, Gregorio; Fiorillo, Flavia; Boschin, Francesco; Boaretto, Elisabetta; Apicella, Salvatore A.; Matteucci, Chiara; Panetta, Daniele; Pistocchi, Rossella; Guerrini, Franca; Margherita, Cristiana; Andretta, Massimo; Sorrentino, Rita; Boschian, Giovanni; Arrighi, Simona; Dori, Irene; Mancuso, Giuseppe; Crezzini, Jacopo; Riga, Alessandro; Serrangeli, Maria C.; Vazzana, Antonino; Salvadori, Piero A.; Vandini, Mariangela; Tozzi, Carlo; Moroni, Adriana; Feeney, Robin N. M.; Willman, John C.; Moggi-Cecchi, Jacopo; Benazzi, Stefano

doi:10.1002/ajpa.23216

Early evidence for the treatment of dental pathology is found primarily among foodproducing societies associated with high levels of oral pathology. However, some Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers show extensive oral pathology, suggesting that experimentation with therapeutic dental interventions may have greater antiquity. Here, we report the second earliest probable evidence for dentistry in a Late Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherer recovered from Riparo Fredian (Tuscany, Italy).

The dawn of dentistry in the late upper Paleolithic: An early case of pathological intervention at Riparo Fredian / Oxilia, Gregorio; Fiorillo, Flavia; Boschin, Francesco; Boaretto, Elisabetta; Apicella, Salvatore A.; Matteucci, Chiara; Panetta, Daniele; Pistocchi, Rossella; Guerrini, Franca; Margherita, Cristiana; Andretta, Massimo; Sorrentino, Rita; Boschian, Giovanni; Arrighi, Simona; Dori, Irene; Mancuso, Giuseppe; Crezzini, Jacopo; Riga, Alessandro; Serrangeli, Maria C.; Vazzana, Antonino; Salvadori, Piero A.; Vandini, Mariangela; Tozzi, Carlo; Moroni, Adriana; Feeney, Robin N. M.; Willman, John C.; Moggi-Cecchi, Jacopo; Benazzi, Stefano. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. - ISSN 0002-9483. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017), pp. 0-0. [10.1002/ajpa.23216]