Brief communication: Short- and long-term in vivo human buccal-dental microwear turnover

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 467-472

  Romero, Alejandro ^a,b   Galbany, Jordi ^b,c   De Juan, Joaquín ^a   Pérez Pérez, Alejandro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

buccal surface; dental microwear; SEM; teeth; turnover

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE DIET; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUCCAL DENTAL MICROWEAR TURNOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MOLAR TOOTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 84862544362     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22054     Document Type: Article

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