New studies shed light on ancient creatures' dental structure and wear -- and how these unique characteristics helped them live and adapt to their environments. A trio of published studies have ...

TO the histologist, the zoologist, and the human anatomist the teeth are organs of considerable interest, from the points of view of their minute structure, their development, together with their ...

A new study has revealed a chain mail-like woven microstructure that gives parrotfish teeth their remarkable ability to chomp on coral all day long - the structure could serve as a blueprint for ...

Andre Studart, Professor of Complex Materials, said that they were able to produce a tough, multi-layered material based on the construction principle of teeth or seashells. New Procedure that allows ...

Proceedings of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 16, No. 3, Seventeenth Annual Meeting. Part III (Apr., 1895), pp. 191-195 (9 pages) ...

The teeth provide the means of crushing and breaking down food in preparation for digestion, aid the tongue in delivering speech and complete a person's smile. Don't understate their importance, ...

Our teeth are put to the test every day, withstanding all the crunching and munching of meals and snacks. This remarkable resilience appears to be due to the microscopic "basket-weave" structure of ...

Llamas are cute, but what makes them even better human companions is their gentleness and empathy. People from their native habitat, the Andes Mountains in South America, dub them “silent brothers”.