"Tooth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
One of a set of bone-like structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing.
| Descriptor ID |
D014070
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A14.549.167.860
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tooth" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tooth" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tooth" by people in Profiles.
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Early to Middle Holocene Hunter-Fisher-Gatherers From the Green Sahara (Gobero, Niger): Dental Evidence for Regional African Affinities. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2026 May; 190(1):e70262.
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Carboniferous recumbirostran elucidates the origins of terrestrial herbivory. Nat Ecol Evol. 2026 02; 10(2):193-202.
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Biomechanics, muscle modeling, and the elevated bite force and tooth stress of piranhas. Naturwissenschaften. 2026 Feb 09; 113(2):22.
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Teeth outside the jaw: Evolution and development of the toothed head clasper in chimaeras. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Sep 16; 122(37):e2508054122.
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The lower jaw of Devonian ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): Anatomy, relationships, and functional morphology. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2026 03; 309(3):550-602.
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The origin of vertebrate teeth and evolution of sensory exoskeletons. Nature. 2025 06; 642(8066):119-124.
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Rules of teeth development align microevolution with macroevolution in extant and extinct primates. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 10; 7(10):1729-1739.
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The topography of diet: Orientation patch count predicts diet in turtles. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2023 06; 306(6):1214-1227.
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Unravelling the structural variation of lizard osteoderms. Acta Biomater. 2022 07 01; 146:306-316.
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The evolution of the synapsid tusk: insights from dicynodont therapsid tusk histology. Proc Biol Sci. 2021 10 27; 288(1961):20211670.