Properties of tooth enamel in great apes

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4560-4565

  Lee, James J W ^a   Morris, Dylan ^a   Constantino, Paul J ^b   Lucas, Peter W ^b   Smith, Tanya M ^c   Lawn, Brian R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enamel; Fracture; Hardness; Modulus of elasticity; Tooth mechanics

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ENAMELS; FRACTURE; MAMMALS; TOOTH ENAMEL;

COMPARATIVES STUDIES; DATA PROFILES; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; GREAT APES; MOLAR TEETH; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES; PROPERTY; TEETH ENAMEL; TEETH SURFACE; TOOTH MECHANIC;

HARDNESS;

APE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; HARDNESS; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TOOTH FRACTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 77958103232     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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