Unravelling the Functional Biomechanics of Dental Features and Tooth Wear

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Benazzi, Stefano ^a   Nguyen, Huynh Nhu ^a   Kullmer, Ottmar ^b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR BONE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DENTIN; ELASTICITY; ENAMEL; ENTOCONID HYPOCONULID CREST; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GORILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PROTOSTYLID; THICKNESS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PULP; TRIGONID CREST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84880761731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069990     Document Type: Article

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