Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of the extreme “saber-tooth” morphology

Authors: Pollock, Tahlia I. ^{1, 2, 10, 11, 13, ∗}, Deakin, William J. ¹, Chatar, Narimane ^{3, 4}, Milla Carmona, Pablo S. ^{1, 11}, Rovinsky, Douglass S. ⁵, Panagiotopoulou, Olga ⁶, Parker, William M.G. ², Adams, Justin W. ^{7, 8}, Hocking, David P. ⁹, Donoghue, Philip C.J. ^{1, 11}, Rayfield, Emily J. ^{1, 11}, Evans, Alistair R. ^{2, 8, 12}

Source: In Current Biology 3 February 2025 35(3):455-467

PITX2 expression and Neanderthal introgression in HS3ST3A1 contribute to variation in tooth dimensions in modern humans

Authors: Li, Qing ^{1, 2, 26}, Faux, Pierre ^{3, 4, 27}, Wentworth Winchester, Emma ⁵, Yang, Guangrui ^{1, 6}, Chen, Yingjie ¹, Ramírez, Luis Miguel ⁷, Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena ⁸, Poloni, Lauriane ^{9, 10}, Steimetz, Emilie ⁹, Gonzalez-José, Rolando ¹¹, Acuña, Victor ¹², Bortolini, Maria-Cátira ¹³, Poletti, Giovanni ¹⁴, Gallo, Carla ¹⁴, Rothhammer, Francisco ¹⁵, Rojas, Winston ¹⁶, Zheng, Youyi ¹⁷, Cox, James C. ¹⁸, Patel, Vaishali ¹⁹, Hoffman, Matthew P. ¹⁹, Ding, Li ¹, Peng, Chenchen ¹, Cotney, Justin ⁵, Navarro, Nicolas ^{9, 10}, Cox, Timothy C. ^{18, 20}, Delgado, Miguel ^{1, 21, 22, 25, ∗}, Adhikari, Kaustubh ^{23, 24, 25, 28, ∗∗}, Ruiz-Linares, Andrés ^{1, 3, 24, 25, 29, ∗∗∗}

Source: In Current Biology 6 January 2025 35(1):131-144

First discovery of actinopterygian cutting-edged teeth from the middle Norian (Late Triassic) at the Tulong section, southern Tibet, China

Authors: Zichen Fang, Long Cheng, Haishui Jiang, Xianlang Wu, Xulong Lai, James G. Ogg

Source: PeerJ, Vol 12, p e18728 (2024)

Subject Terms: Actinopterygii, Birgeria, Himalayasaurus tibetensis, Qulonggongba formation, Tooth morphology, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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3D intraoral scanning techniques support the effects of crown morphology on dental caries

Authors: Jincheng Hao, Yuting Kang, Siyuan Wei, Jing Wang, Haiyan Wang

Source: BMC Oral Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2024)

Subject Terms: Dental caries, Tooth morphology, 3D intraoral scanning technology, Predictors, Oral health, Dentistry, RK1-715

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6831

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Comparing the Effectiveness of Human Extracted Teeth and Plastic Teeth in Teaching Dental Anatomy

Authors: Noora Helene Thune, Anna Tostrup Kristensen, Amer Sehic, Julie Marie Haabeth Brox, Tor Paaske Utheim, Hugo Lewi Hammer, Qalbi Khan

Source: Dentistry Journal, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 105 (2025)

Subject Terms: clinical dentistry, dental education, dentistry, student, tooth identification, tooth morphology, Dentistry, RK1-715

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Pterosaur teeth from the Southern Neuquén Basin (Patagonia, Argentina): New insights on the reconstruction of ornithocheiriform dental anatomy

Authors: ALESSIO CIAFFI, FLAVIO BELLARDINI

Source: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Vol 69, Iss 1, Pp 73-86 (2024)

Subject Terms: anhangueridae, cretaceous, gondwana, neuquén basin, tooth morphology, enamel, heterodonty, Fossil man. Human paleontology, GN282-286.7, Paleontology, QE701-760

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Mobile educational tool based on augmented reality technology for tooth carving: results of a prospective cohort study

Authors: Eun-Jeong Lim, Yi-Seul Kim, Ji-Eun Im, Jae-Gi Lee

Source: BMC Medical Education, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)

Subject Terms: Augmented reality, Dental carving, Dental education, Mobile device, Tooth morphology, Special aspects of education, LC8-6691, Medicine

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Morphometric analysis of tooth morphology among different malocclusion groups in a hispanic population

Authors: Hesham Alsaigh, Murad Alrashdi

Source: BMC Oral Health, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)

Subject Terms: Tooth morphology, Shape, Hispanic, Tooth size, Malocclusion, Dentistry, RK1-715

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Traditional Hands-On Puzzle Method versus Fully Digital Approach in Teaching Tooth Morphology: A Comparative Study of Educational Outcomes

Authors: Amer Sehic, Qalbi Khan

Source: Dentistry Journal, Vol 12, Iss 6, p 162 (2024)

Subject Terms: dental anatomy, digital learning, e-learning, tooth identification, tooth morphology, Dentistry, RK1-715

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Editorial: Species diversity in evolution and replacement of teeth informing clinical therapies

Authors: Christopher A. McCulloch

Source: Frontiers in Dental Medicine, Vol 4 (2023)

Subject Terms: regeneration, periodontal, tooth morphology, mineralization, junctional epithelium, Dentistry, RK1-715

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdmed.2023.1225665/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2673-4915

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Mammalian dental diversity: an evolutionary template for regenerative dentistry

Authors: Tracy Popowics, Priti Mulimani

Source: Frontiers in Dental Medicine, Vol 4 (2023)

Subject Terms: tooth morphology, mammals, odontogenesis, diversity, dental function, evolution, Dentistry, RK1-715

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Reconstructing the dietary habits and trophic positions of the Longipterygidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) using neontological and comparative morphological methods

Authors: Alexander D. Clark, Han Hu, Roger BJ Benson, Jingmai K. O’Connor

Source: PeerJ, Vol 11, p e15139 (2023)

Subject Terms: Enantiornithines, Longipterygidae, Tooth morphology, Paleoecology, Paleoethology, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Relation: https://peerj.com/articles/15139.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/15139/; https://doaj.org/toc/2167-8359

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Characteristics of Unilaterally Impacted Maxillary Canines and Effect on Environmental Tissues: A CBCT Study

Authors: Ebru Kucukkaraca

Source: Children, Vol 10, Iss 10, p 1694 (2023)

Subject Terms: maxillary impacted canine, unilateral impaction, root resorption, impacted tooth morphology, Pediatrics, RJ1-570

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Taking a stab at modelling canine tooth biomechanics in mammalian carnivores with beam theory and finite-element analysis

Authors: Tahlia I. Pollock, Olga Panagiotopoulou, David P. Hocking, Alistair R. Evans

Source: Royal Society Open Science, Vol 9, Iss 10 (2022)

Subject Terms: tooth morphology, feeding ecology, biomechanics, Carnivora, form-function, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2054-5703

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Automated segmentation and description of the internal morphology of human permanent teeth by means of micro-CT

Authors: David Haberthür, Ruslan Hlushchuk, Thomas Gerhard Wolf

Source: BMC Oral Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)

Subject Terms: Automated segmentation, Biomedical image analysis, Internal tooth morphology, Micro-CT, Physiological foramen geometry, Root canal configuration, Dentistry, RK1-715

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Hide and seek shark teeth in Random Forests: machine learning applied to Scyliorhinus canicula populations

Authors: Fidji Berio, Yann Bayle, Daniel Baum, Nicolas Goudemand, Mélanie Debiais-Thibaud

Source: PeerJ, Vol 10, p e13575 (2022)

Subject Terms: Machine learning, Geometric morphometrics, Tooth morphology, Scyliorhinus canicula, Random Forests, Linear discriminant analysis, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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First shark record (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Paleogene of Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Authors: Thomas Mörs, Jonas Hagström, Andrzej Kaim, Krzysztof Hryniewicz

Source: Polish Polar Research, Vol vol. 40, Iss No 2, Pp 121-127 (2019)

Subject Terms: arctic, paleocene, grumantbyen formation, sand tiger shark, tooth morphology, Geology, QE1-996.5

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Relation: https://journals.pan.pl/Content/111977/PDF/Polish%20Polar%20Res.%202-19%204-T.Mors.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/0138-0338; https://doaj.org/toc/2081-8262

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Accessory cusp expression at the enamel-dentine junction of hominin mandibular molars

Authors: Thomas W. Davies, Zeresenay Alemseged, Agness Gidna, Jean-Jacques Hublin, William H. Kimbel, Ottmar Kullmer, Fred Spoor, Clément Zanolli, Matthew M. Skinner

Source: PeerJ, Vol 9, p e11415 (2021)

Subject Terms: Tooth morphology, Hominin, Homo, Enamel-dentine junction, Accessory cusps, Discrete traits, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Age and growth of Palaeoloxodon huaihoensis from Penghu Channel, Taiwan: significance of their age distribution based on fossils

Authors: Jia-Cih Kang, Chien-Hsiang Lin, Chun-Hsiang Chang

Source: PeerJ, Vol 9, p e11236 (2021)

Subject Terms: Age distribution, Pleistocene, Subtropical West Pacific, Elephant age group, Lamellar frequency, Tooth morphology, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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The cryptic case of Otomys sloggetti (Sloggett’s vlei rat): Interpreting murid molar morphology in the fossil record

Authors: Thalassa Matthews, Turid H. Nel

Source: South African Journal of Science, Vol 117, Iss 1/2 (2021)

Subject Terms: Otomyinae, Pinnacle Point, Klipdrift Shelter, tooth morphology, Science, Science (General), Q1-390, Social Sciences, Social sciences (General), H1-99

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