Dietary Abrasiveness Is Associated with Variability of Microwear and Dental Surface Texture in Rabbits

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Schulz, Ellen ^a   Piotrowski, Vanessa ^a   Clauss, Marcus ^b   Mau, Marcus ^c   Merceron, Gildas ^d   Kaiser, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAPONIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ABRASION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GRASS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; OAT; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PARTICLE SIZE; RABBIT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLAR; RABBITS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH ABRASION;

EID: 84873535468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056167     Document Type: Article

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