%0 Journal Article %T The Dental Pathology Analysis of Van-Karag¨¹nd¨¹z (Medieval Age) Adults %A P£¿nar G£¿ZL¨¹K KIRMIZIO£¿LU %J - %D 2018 %X Objectives: The skeletal remains belonging to 188 individuals with jaws and teeth from the medieval cemetery region of the first structured level of the Van-Karag¨¹nd¨¹z H£¿y¨¹k have been investigated in order to study the pathological lesions. Materials and Methods: The material of this study is consisted of belonging to a total of 188 adult individuals, who composed from 81 women (43.09%) and 107 men (56,91%) (2734 permanent teeth and 283 jaws). Findings: In the permanent teeth of adults, tooth wear was 95.54%, dental caries was 6.36%, hypoplasia was 24.91%, dental calculus was 25.90%, abscess was 1.86%, alveolar loss in periodontal diseases was 40.64% and (premortem) tooth loss is seen in proportion as18,73%. Conclusions: The Karag¨¹nd¨¹z medieval society's nutrition regime, which is generally thought to have a lifestyle based on agriculture and animal husbandry, is generally consisted from well grinded, but somewhat fibrous and hard nutrients %K Van-Karag¨¹nd¨¹z %K Orta£¿a£¿ %K di£¿ ve £¿ene hastal£¿klar£¿ %U http://dergipark.org.tr/cumudj/issue/36654/395212