Technical note: Occlusal fingerprint analysis: Quantification of tooth wear pattern

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 600-605

  Kullmer, Ottmar ^a,e   Benazzi, Stefano ^a   Fiorenza, Luca ^a   Schulz, Dieter ^b   Bacso, Stefan ^c   Winzen, Olaf ^d  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Dental Workshop Bensheim   (Germany)

^c Dental Practice   (Germany)

^d Department of Dental Technology   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Occlusal compass; Occlusion; Wear facets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASTICATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

DENTAL OCCLUSION; DIET; HUMANS; MASTICATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ODONTOMETRY; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH CROWN;

EID: 67650511186     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21086     Document Type: Article

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