incisor
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Based on the emergence of its baby incisor teeth, researchers estimate the cub was about 3 weeks old when it died.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 15, 2024
To learn more about the composition of rodent tooth enamel, Vesna Srot and colleagues captured high-resolution images of incisor specimens from several species.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024
For many Angelenos, it’s lowriders, gleaming fronts on our canine and incisor teeth, a purse cast in sterling silver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
The researchers solved the mystery by analyzing a molar and an incisor - detecting the presence of a gene regulating a certain enamel-forming protein to reveal it was a woman.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2023
He sported a gold incisor and had an easy laugh.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Another clue is the presence of pronounced canines that separate one set of teeth from another—the incisors from the bicuspids and molars, for instance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
I called up a few dentists to see what they might make of his incisors.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025
When the singer and songwriter Adrianne Lenker was 21, she was involved in a bike accident that knocked out one of her incisors.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Many studies about mammalian tooth development were done in mice, which have only molars and heavily modified incisors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
Her dentures were very bright; there was a smear of grape jelly on one of her fake incisors.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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