Damaged Tooth (IMAGE)

McMaster University

Damaged Tooth

Caption

This is a tooth from a 23-year-old archaeological male from St. Matthew, Quebec (1771-1860), displaying two episodes of childhood vitamin D deficiency: one under the dentin horn and the other seen in the lower right-hand corner of image.

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McMaster University

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