Teeth Modification

 

The oldest form of tooth mutilation (bagian yang dihilangkan) is the filing (diasah-> di Bali, Jawa -> pangur gigi pake tang) or chipping of teeth into points and other geometric patterns

• The reason behing these unique practices vary from culture to culture

Eg: Wapare of Africa -> sharpened -> terkait nenek moyang terkait hiu(supranatural being)-> emulate shark's mouth

Bali -> canine= symbolize greed -> controlled down by filing them down, before Hindu come(no correlation with Hinduism) greed=tidak manusia= tidak naik ke Nirwarna

Java-> 80's pangur is mainstream

Pengaruh kepercayaan, adanya sinkretisme (gabungan bbrapa kepercayaan) -> kep lama (tradisi pangur) +baru (Nirwarna)

Modifikasi

• Sengaja

Filin

• Tidak Sengaja

Aktifitas

Patologi

Mekanis (penguyahan, teeth grinding)

Eskimo using incisor and canines -> soften Walrus skin (bisa menghangatkan)

• indicate use

Pipe Smoking

Tooth Wear

The loss of tooth hard tissur due to non various causes-> Chemical and mechanical causes

• Keausan gigi -> Cara identifikasi manusia -> Tergantung tempat dia tinggal

Changing patterns of tooth wear

• Lifestyle and culture

(Sekarang gak parah karena lembut2 semua)

Difference between pre historic and modern humans -> harus ada patokan baru

• Study of dental microwear:

Popcorn kernels-> sctract enamel

Microscopic wear

• Use of certain dental clinical procedures has been shown to cause certain types of microscopic erar:

"microabrasion" -> whitening

• Modern oral hygiene product -> minimising teeth degradation
• Modern-> Less teeth abbrasion and teeth erosion

Manusia kuno-> keausan di permukaan, loss of teeth  (banyak grit/serat, menghaluskan bagian oklusal)

Manusia modern-> interdental (karena halus jadi suka nyelip)

Agrikultur di bagian buccal lebih parah vs …

Unintentional : Enamel Hypoplasia -> dalam kandungan tidak dapat nutrisi secara baik kontinyu (sudah ada perkembangan enamel di kandungan), caused by stress (kondisi tidak ideal dari sisi environment (makanan), patologi (ga doyan makan-> nutrisi kurang)

Ibarat gak ada nutrisi, gigi seperti pohon kering (lapisan tipis)

Intentional

• Ablasi

Menghilangkan gigi sehat secara utuh, faktor kepercayaan dan faktor penampilan

Di Flores-> percaya ada tokoh spt Semar (sakti, bijak) -> gigi tanggal di I2 dah gigi bawah -> ablasi-> supaya jadi tokoh sakti wkwkwkk

• Pengikiran
• Insert
• Dentistry
• Esthetics

Judgments of sentiment or taste

Involving culture

Manusia kuno dipasangi emas-> Status sosial, menguatkan gigi

• Filing + Abrasi

Tribal identification (untuk tau cara bersikap), rites of passage (reinkarnasi), and beauty

Monyet makaka-> ekor naik dan tidak

Modification in Incisor and Canine

Di West Africa, 3rd millenium BC

Dental Modification in Mayan people

Alteration of teeth ( biar nafas )

Green jade-> purify breath-> elegant speech