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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
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Abstract
kground 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.