Mechanisms and causes of wear in tooth enamel: Implications for hominin diets

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 80, 2013, Pages

  Lucas, Peter W ^a   Omar, Ridwaan ^a   Al Fadhalah, Khaled ^a   Almusallam, Abdulwahab S ^a   Henry, Amanda G ^b   Michael, Shaji ^a   Thai, Lidia Arockia ^a   Watzke, Jörg ^b   Strait, David S ^c   Atkins, Anthony G ^d  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental enamel; Hominins; Material properties; Nanowear; Teeth

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DUST; EXPERIMENTS; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUTRITION; QUARTZ; TISSUE; TOOTH ENAMEL;

DENTAL ENAMELS; HOMININS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NANO WEAR; TEETH;

ENAMELS;

DIAMOND; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; DENTIN; DIET; DUST; ENAMEL; GRASS; HARDNESS; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PLANT TISSUE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLAR; PONGO PYGMAEUS; TOOTH WEAR;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879146148     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0923     Document Type: Article

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