Oral Presentations 325 08 Enamel Hypoplasia in the Medieval Agricultural Population from Sypniewo STANIOWSKI T.', DaBROWSKI P?, KACZMAREK U.! " Department of Conservative and Pediatric Dentistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland 2 Department of Antropology, University of Wroclaw, Poland ‘Objectives. The aim of the study was to evaluate the frequency and the biological age of forming enamel hypoplasia in the medieval agricultural population, Material and Methods. 1112 permanent teeth coming from 135 medieval skulls discovered in Sypniewo ‘were examined. Enamel hypoplasia was assessed according to DDE-Index criteria, Moreover, basing on the measurements the defect location on dental crown and using the Massler's diagram of tecth mineralization modified by Swairdstedt the biological age of lesion formation was established. Results, The frequency of enamel hypoplasia was assessed at 41.5%. Among the lesions hypoplasia in form of grooves was dominated (77.1%) and the rest cases single or multiple pits were found (22.9%). Defects were localized mostly in canines (35.1%) and in decreasing order in premolars (22.9%), incisors (14.5%). first molars (11.59%), second molars (10.7%) and third molars. The intensity of casual agents was assessed between age 1.5 and 4 with the peek between 2.5 and 4 years of life. Conclusions. The high frequency and the individual age of development the first hypoplastic lesion point ed out the stronger adverse environmental influence at children in the Middle Ages than nowadays Moreover, it ean also suggest the important contribution, beside the change of nutritional mode, suffering of life in enamel defects development. o9 Dental Materials and Forensic Odontology Mertart G., Savio C., MENGHINI P, Dental Materials Unit - Department of Odontostomatology, University of Pavia, Italy Objectives. Forensic odontology has gradually established as an important and often indispensable in medicolegal cases, in particular for identification of the dead. The specialty of forensic odontology general- ly covers four basic areas, namely: 1) age estimation, 2) identifications of human remains, 3) litigation relat- ing to malpractice or damages evaluations, and 4) criminal proceedings, primarily in the areas of bite-mark evaluation and child abuse. Much of its expertise is based on clinical experience, fundamental research and advances in knowledge in relation to dentistry in general. Particularly over the past decades, there has also been increasing research on dental materials. In this paper, the relationship between the study of dental mate rials and the forensic odontology practice will be reviewed. Material and Methods. A systematic review of the identification methods used in forensic odontology and their application in mass disasters is edited concerning the assesment of the dental materials. A wide range of in vitro experiments are reported and discussed. Results and Conclusions. Dental materials science seems to be important in the aim to aid the forensic odontology practice. The characteristics of some dental prosthetics devices and restorative materials show a high resistance to fire temperatures. Moreover, when restorative materials are lost because of detachment Oo change of state their ante-mortem presence can be confirmed and detected by the examination of the tooth surface. Furthermore, a reasonably reliable estimation of the temperature of exposure to fire can be edited from an analysis of the materials remains