The thickness and density of pawon man mandible body cortical bone and alveolar using cone beam computed tomography (cbct)

Introduction: Pawon Man is prehistoric human that found from the archaeological excavation done in Pawon Cavethat lies in the highlands of Northern Bandung, whose live around 5600 up to 9500 years ago, in the era which human survived by hunting and gathering simple type of food (Mesolithic era). Description of prehistoric life can be revealed partly through jaw structure. The objective of this study was to reveal the culture of Pawon Man culture through the image of mandibular cortical bone thickness and density as a function of the masticating load byusing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) maxillofacial 3D imaging applications. Methods: Descriptive research with samplesconsisted of CBCT 3D radiographic images of Pawon Man mandible with Ez Implant programby using three-dimensional aspect (axial, coronal and sagittal). Results: In the mandible, the average of thickness and density of cortical bone in the mandibular corpus were as follows: cortical bone thickness was 3.43 mm; with. The average of density was 1042.26 pv, mean while thickness ofthe alveolar crest cortical bone was 0.89 mm and the density was 995.45 pv. Conclusions: The thickness and density in the aspect of cortical mandible and alveolar crest of Pawon Man was larger than modern man.