Dental evidence of congenital syphilis in a 19th century cemetery from the mid-hudson valley

The purpose of this communication is to provide a description of a pattern of enamel defects that are consistent with a diagnosis of congenital syphilis. While there is an abundance of literature documenting the skeletal manifestations of congenital syphilis, the description, and particularly the de...

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Published inInternational journal of osteoarchaeology Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 371 - 378
Main Author Nystrom, K. C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.05.2011
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Subjects
Archaeology
Cemeteries
congenital syphilis
dental stigmata
enamel hypoplasia
Historic buildings & sites
Syphilis
Teeth
Newburgh New York
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Summary:The purpose of this communication is to provide a description of a pattern of enamel defects that are consistent with a diagnosis of congenital syphilis. While there is an abundance of literature documenting the skeletal manifestations of congenital syphilis, the description, and particularly the depiction, of the dental stigmata associated with this disease are rare in the paleopathological literature. This report describes enamel defects in the unerupted permanent dentition of two subadults recovered from a historic cemetery in Newburgh, New York. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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ArticleID:OA1142
ISSN:1047-482X
1099-1212
DOI:10.1002/oa.1142