"Dentition" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The teeth collectively in the dental arch. Dentition ordinarily refers to the natural teeth in position in their alveoli. Dentition referring to the deciduous teeth is DENTITION, PRIMARY; to the permanent teeth, DENTITION, PERMANENT. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
| Descriptor ID |
D003817
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.500.379 A14.549.167
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dentition" by people in Profiles.
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Histology and µCT reveal the unique evolution and development of multiple tooth rows in the synapsid Endothiodon. Sci Rep. 2021 08 19; 11(1):16875.
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Repeated evolution of durophagy during ichthyosaur radiation after mass extinction indicated by hidden dentition. Sci Rep. 2020 05 08; 10(1):7798.
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Taking a big bite: Working together to better understand the evolution of feeding in primates. Am J Primatol. 2019 05; 81(5):e22981.
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Late-surviving stem mammal links the lowermost Cretaceous of North America and Gondwana. Nature. 2018 06; 558(7708):108-112.
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Mammalian evolution. An arboreal docodont from the Jurassic and mammaliaform ecological diversification. Science. 2015 Feb 13; 347(6223):764-8.
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Unique method of tooth replacement in durophagous placodont marine reptiles, with new data on the dentition of Chinese taxa. J Anat. 2014 May; 224(5):603-13.
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Earliest evolution of multituberculate mammals revealed by a new Jurassic fossil. Science. 2013 Aug 16; 341(6147):779-83.
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The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals. Science. 2013 Feb 08; 339(6120):662-7.
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First tooth-set outside the jaws in a vertebrate. Proc Biol Sci. 2012 Feb 22; 279(1729):775-9.
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Evolutionary development of the middle ear in Mesozoic therian mammals. Science. 2009 Oct 09; 326(5950):278-81.