Mechanical properties of dental tissues in dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinoidea and Inioidea)

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 773-779

  Loch, Carolina ^a,b   Swain, Michael V ^b   Van Vuuren, Ludwig Jansen ^b   Kieser, Jules A ^b   Fordyce, R Ewan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquatic mammals; Dentine; Elastic modulus; Enamel; Hardness; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DENTIN; DOLPHIN; ENAMEL; HARDNESS; HISTOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; DOLPHINS; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; SKENEA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STENO; STENO BREDANENSIS;

EID: 84878234479     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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