dentition
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The discovery of teeth on the tenaculum has reopened that debate, prompting researchers to ask how widespread such features might be and what they reveal about the history of vertebrate dentition.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
More baby boomers reached 60 with “a relatively intact dentition at that age than any generation in history,” the CDC says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Imagine a walrus-like creature with dentition remarkably similar to modern walruses: A quartet of post-canine teeth, a large lower canine tooth and a short, fused vertical midline on their lower jaw.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024
In a study published Thursday in Science, researchers posit that Tyrannosaurs and related dinosaurs kept their dagger-like dentition hidden behind lip-like tissue.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
Yet it is not well to postpone vaccination until the period of dentition, for the combined irritation of the two disturbing elements may prove decidedly uncomfortable if not serious.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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