The teeth are important object of study in forensic odontology. With regard to ancient Korean teeth of Hupori, the authors studied the size and morphology of the teeth,dental caries and degree of attrition and determined the sex and age.
1. In the morphology of teeth,there was little difference between the Hupori teeth and the modern human teeth, but in Hupori teeth,the shovelling of lingual fossa of maxillary incisors were prominent.
2. In comparision of crown size,there was little difference between the modern human teeth and Hupori teeth,crown width of maxillary incisors and mandibular first molars in Hupori teeth were slightly greater than the modern human teeth.
3. In the examination of the dental caries,7 out of 23 permanent teeth examined were decayed, but none of 14 deciduous teeth.
4. The degrees of teeth attrition were mostly slight.
5. As a result of sex and age determination,the proportion of males to females was similar,the age of teeth was identified as twenties mostly.
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