Human Adult Odontometrics
The Study of Variation in Adult Tooth Size

This book has an important role in demonstrating to students the diverse practical applications of odontometrics.

Julius A. Kieser (Author)

9780521064590, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 June 2008

208 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.316 kg

"...so well written that readers will take pleasure in extracting the information from its pages. Kieser covers every aspect of human dentition relating to the use of such data in characterizing and comparing populations. The volume is elegantly arranged, extremely well illustrated, and carefully indexed....should be in every good research library, as well as in the hands of physical anthropologists involved in the study and interpretation of excavated skeletal collections of human skeletons." Marshall Joseph Becker, American Journal of Archaelogy

An appreciation of the genetic and environmental determinants of tooth size is fundamental to an understanding of the metric variation of teeth in humans. Thus, besides imparting a sound knowledge of the theories of dental inheritance, development and evolution, this book has an important role in demonstrating the diverse practical applications of odontometrics. A particular feature of the book is the inclusion of numerous tables which bring together a vast body of information on tooth size in different population groups. Students of oral biology, orthodontics, physical anthropology, human biology, forensic science and archaeology will find this work of great value as a text and reference source. As Professor Phillip Tobias writes in the foreword, 'The breadth of Dr Kieser's reading, and his mastery of a staggering array of anthropological, evolutionary, embryological, orthodontic and statistical concepts shine through every page of this work'.

Foreword Phillip Tobias
Preface
Introduction
1. Measurement of tooth size
2. Comparative odontometry
3. Odontometric trends
4. Sexual dimorphism in tooth size
5. Odontometric variability
6. Compensatory tooth size interactions
7. Fluctuating odontometric asymmetry
8. Allometric relations of tooth size
9. Odontometric appendix
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Human biology [PSX], Physical anthropology [JHMP]