Table 1.
Number of observed sockets affected by postmortem and antemortem tooth loss and abscesses, and teeth affected by alveolar resorption and caries
| Pathology | Young adult |
Middle adult |
Old adult |
Undetermined age |
Total |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Observable sockets | 167 | 287 | 86 | 401 | 941 | |||||
| Postmortem tooth loss* | 25 | 15.0 | 36 | 12.5 | 9 | 10.5 | 104 | 25.9 | 174 | 18.5 |
| Postmortem tooth loss* | 10 | 6.0 | 23 | 8.0 | 22 | 25.6 | 40 | 10.0 | 95 | 10.1 |
| Postcanine sockets | 107 | 181 | 55 | 256 | 599 | |||||
| Postcanine antemortem tooth loss | 1 | 0.9 | 6 | 3.3 | 16 | 29.1 | 22 | 8.6 | 45 | 7.5 |
| Abscesses* | 2 | 1.2 | 9 | 3.1 | 17 | 19.8 | 23 | 5.7 | 51 | 5.4 |
| Observed teeth | 132 | 228 | 55 | 257 | 672 | |||||
| Alveolar resorption† | 75 | 56.8 | 155 | 68.0 | 28 | 50.9 | 138 | 53.7 | 396 | 58.9 |
| Carious teeth† | 44 | 33.3 | 125 | 54.8 | 29 | 52.7 | 146 | 56.8 | 344 | 51.2 |
| Caries type‡ | ||||||||||
| Crown caries | 40 | 90.9 | 123 | 98.4 | 29 | 100.0 | 140 | 54.5 | 332 | 96.5 |
| Attrition caries | 38 | 86.4 | 112 | 89.6 | 27 | 93.1 | 129 | 50.2 | 306 | 89.9 |
| Molar fissure caries§ | 4 | 3.7 | 11 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 7.0 | 33 | 5.5 |
| Buccal caries | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lingual caries | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Mesial caries | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 6.4 | 1 | 3.5 | 10 | 3.9 | 19 | 5.5 |
| Distal caries | 1 | 2.3 | 7 | 5.6 | 1 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 11 | 3.2 |
| Pit caries | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.6 | 10 | 2.9 |
| Rim caries | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 6.4 | 1 | 3.5 | 3 | 1.2 | 12 | 3.5 |
| Gross caries | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 7.2 | 8 | 27.6 | 11 | 7.5 | 28 | 8.1 |
| Root caries | 4 | 9.1 | 13 | 10.4 | 4 | 13.7 | 34 | 13.2 | 55 | 16.0 |
*
As percent of observed sockets.
†
As percent of observed teeth.
‡
As percent of carious teeth.
§
As percent of postcanine carious teeth.