To what extent is primate second molar enamel occlusal morphology shaped by the enamel-dentine junction?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Guy, Franck ^a   Lazzari, Vincent ^a   Gilissen, Emmanuel ^b,c   Thiery, Ghislain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIN; ENAMEL; ENAMEL DENTINE JUNCTION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOLAR TOOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSAL ENAMEL SURFACE; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PRIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOPOMETRICS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVOLUTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOLAR; PRIMATES; RADIOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84947261891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138802     Document Type: Article

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