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CEMENTOCHRONOLOGIE [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
  • Anthropology
  • Zoology
CONT

Cementochronology utilizes the cementum, the mineralized covering of a tooth root, as an aid in estimating an individual's age...

OBS

The utilization of cementochronology is one of the most accurate ways to estimate age-at-death due to the countable cementum annulations found in the cross-sections directly correlating to the individual's age...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
  • Anthropologie
  • Zoologie
CONT

La cémentochronologie […] se base sur le comptage des lignes incrémentales du [cément acellulaire à fibres extrinsèques] pour estimer l'âge au décès d'un individu. Il s'agit d'ajouter le nombre total d'anneaux cémentaires, à l'âge d'éruption de la dent, pour estimer l'âge chronologique de la personne.

OBS

À l'origine, la cémentochronologie était utilisée en zooarchéologie pour estimer l'âge et la saison de la mort des animaux, particulièrement des mammifères.

Spanish

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