The latter had, in addition to the marginal dentition, a dental battery made up of numerous teeth located both on the palate ... This adaptation would partly explain the diversification and expansion of the group at the end of the Lower Permian and during ... Instead of a dental battery, they had a massive tongue (as indicated by the presence of a highly developed hyoid apparatus ... The sequence of dental trait acquisition in Martensius suggests that intestinal vegetation processing preceded oral processing ...

... marginal adaptation (dentistry) MeSH E06.323.528 - dental restoration, temporary MeSH E06.323.528.250 - crowns MeSH E06.323. ... dental MeSH E06.170.100 - dental care for aged MeSH E06.170.152 - dental care for children MeSH E06.170.205 - dental care for ... dental abutments MeSH E06.780.345.562 - dental clasps MeSH E06.780.345.593 - dental implants MeSH E06.780.345.593.185 - dental ... dental) MeSH E06.912.115 - dental casting technique MeSH E06.912.130 - dental impression technique MeSH E06.912.145 - dental ...

The faults with composite resins at this time were that they had poor appearance, poor marginal adaptation, difficulties with ... patients with poorer dental health (possibly due to poor dental hygiene, diet, genetics, frequency of dental checkups, etc.) ... In 1981, microfilled composites were improved remarkably with regard to marginal retention and adaptation. It was decided, ... Dental composite resins (better referred to as "resin-based composites" or simply "filled resins") are dental cements made of ...

These dental adaptations enhanced the ability of Anaschisma to capture prey; the teeth are optimized for piercing prey and not ... They had marginal teeth as well as larger teeth on the palate, specifically palatine and ectopterygoid teeth. They had two ... A few particular adaptations suggest Koskinonodon had this aquatic lifestyle. First, they had lateral lines formed by the ... Anaschisma likely spent a lot of time motionless, waiting for prey, which these short legs were likely an adaptation to. The ...

It has simple, rounded, smooth-surfaced, unicuspid marginal teeth. The premaxilla has space for up to five teeth. The 16-18 ... In addition to a lack of cranial adaptations linking them to fossorial lifestyles, there was also no evidence of burrow ... Like all recumbirostrans, the upper dental is posteriorly and medially inclined. ... There is possible evidence that Huskerpeton was also fossorial, however they only show some basic cranial adaptations to head- ...

The addition of bioactive glass beads to dental composites reduces penetration of Streptococcus mutans into the marginal gaps ... Transformation is a bacterial adaptation involving the transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another through the surrounding ... Dental caries is a dental biofilm-related oral disease associated with increased consumption of dietary sugar and fermentable ... When dental biofilms remain on tooth surfaces, along with frequent exposure to sugars, acidogenic bacteria (members of dental ...

A dental microwear, occusal enamel, and carbon isotope analysis of Macrauchenia and Xenorhinotherium found that both were ... Habits and diet may have varied depending on the environment, but in plant feeders an elongated neck is usually an adaptation ... As the genus was not confined to forest, it was probably able to exploit more marginal environments by mixing high browsing ...

"Hunter-gatherer adaptations to non-marginal environments: an ecological and archaeological assessment of the Dorobo model". ... Based on dental evidence, Irish (2016) concluded: Proto-Bantu peoples may have originated in the western region of the Sahara, ... Irish, Joel D (2016). Tracing the 'Bantu Expansion' from its source: Dental nonmetric affinities among West African and ... "Dispersals and genetic adaptation of Bantu-speaking populations in Africa and North America". Science. 356 (6337): 543-546. ...

It is shown to have less marginal gap formation, less leakage and better adaptation than other filling materials. Besides, root ... Apexification is a method of dental treatment to induce a calcific barrier in a root with incomplete formation or open apex of ... It allows good marginal sealing, thus preventing marginal leakage as well as protecting the underlying pulp by inducing the ... In order to overcome the limitations of MTA, recent advance in dental materials has introduced bioceramics as a new root canal ...

The phytosaur was found to lack adaptations for preventing its dental "cracks" from propagating. Abler examined another sort of ... and indeed occurs in terrestrial or marginal lacustrine settings. Combined with its deep upper jaw, it probably led a similar ... This adaptation may have developed to allow them to breathe while the rest of the body was submerged. Unlike most crocodilians ... Most phytosaurs are thought to be aquatic animals, and indeed most do show adaptations for such a lifestyle; swim tracks ...

This was due to a high level of convergence between the mandibular and dental anatomy of the two groups, such as the second ... The lower jaw is described as "heavy". The marginal teeth are acrodont (attached to the jaw via a ring of bone). The anterior ... Examples of these adaptations include an overhanging snout, a heavily ossified neurocranium, an elongate trunk, and shorter ... "A new captorhinid reptile from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma showing remarkable dental and mandibular convergence with ...

There is also the presence of palatal teeth that are much smaller in size than the marginal teeth, and also being sharp, ... These adaptations helped to increase the tooth's resistance to tension forces, especially the lateral forces. Stereosternum ... with the teeth more apically being inserted within the alveolar bone and the fully developed teeth show dental ankylosis. From ... The idea that Stereosternum used its marginal teeth to impale its prey seems very unlikely and probably used its teeth as a ...

"An In Vitro Comparison of Marginal Adaptation of MTA and MTA-Like Materials in the Presence of PBS at One-Week and Two-Month ... Journal of Dental Sciences (2015), https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2015.11.002. (Articles with short description, Short ...

Atieh MA, Ibrahim HM, Atieh AH (October 2010). "Platform switching for marginal bone preservation around dental implants: a ... Tissue adaptation: The gingiva is adapted around the entire implant to provide a thick band of healthy tissue around the ... Common uses of dental implants The primary use of dental implants is to support dental prosthetics (i.e. false teeth). Modern ... A crown (the dental prosthesis) is then connected to the abutment with dental cement, a small screw, or fused with the abutment ...

Tan J, Peng Q, Li J, Guan Y, Zhang L, Jiao Y, Yang Y, Wang S, Jin L (May 2014). "Characteristics of dental morphology in the ... The morphology of Neanderthal's anterior teeth has been seen as an adaptation to the heavy use of their canines and incisors in ... are incisors whose lingual surfaces are scooped as a consequence of lingual marginal ridges, crown curvature or basal tubercles ... Shovel-shaped dental characteristic are also observed in Homo erectus like the Peking Man and in Neanderthals, although the ...

An additional inset tooth row with up to 20 teeth lies parallel to the main marginal tooth row of the jaw. All but the most ... Often, the left lung is much smaller than the right one, an adaptation to body shape that is also found in snakes. Their ... The ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus) has dental glands that may be homologous to the venom glands of some snakes and ... Caecilian heads have several unique adaptations, including fused cranial and jaw bones, a two-part system of jaw muscles, and a ...

The marginal teeth are massive, smooth and rounded as opposed to most other mosasaur teeth, which are typically facetted and ... Its distinct feeding adaptations have generated much interest in its ecology ever since its discovery, though direct evidence ... Teeth of P. solvayi are more slender at the anterior end, broader and triangular towards the middle of the dental ramus, ... The marginal teeth are stout, bicarinate and smooth or striated. Zygosphenes and zygantra are absent, incipient or large and ...

The marginal value theorem describes the balance between eating all the food in a patch for immediate energy, or moving to a ... The evolution of dental occlusion led to a drastic increase in plant food processing and provides evidence about feeding ... This is apparent in the adaptations plants develop to tolerate and/or defend from insect herbivory and the responses of ... The earliest evidence of their herbivory has been attributed to dental occlusion, the process in which teeth from the upper jaw ...

Imported foods are often high in sugar, leading also to an increase in the need for dental care. The Tuvaluans benefited from ... FCG ANZDEC Ltd (7 August 2020). Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - Nanumaga and ... of the pits that have previously been used to grow pulaka established that the pits were either too saline or very marginal for ... FCG ANZDEC Ltd (7 August 2020). Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment - Nanumaga and ...

The adaptations of anomocephaloids to herbivory were novel both within anomodonts, but also for therapsids and mammal evolution ... Cisneros, J. C.; Abdala, F.; Rubidge, B. S.; Dentzien-Dias, P. C.; Bueno, A. d. O. (2011). "Dental Occlusion in a 260-Million- ... Such occlusion between palatal and marginal teeth is not known in any other synapsids. The precise occlusion, heavy wear, and ... These teeth tightly occluded with the similarly shaped rear teeth of the lower jaw, an adaptation to efficiently process high- ...

Adaptations to arboreal lifestyle are understood to evolve through convergent evolution. However, many arboreal vertebrates ... Reisz, Robert R. (2006). "Origin of dental occlusion in tetrapods: signal for terrestrial vertebrate evolution?". Journal of ... large leaf shaped teeth follow occluding dentition that is completely marginal which differs from other species with leaf- ...

These adaptations may have been the result of a dietary change from terrestrial prey to fish. In 2012, Buffetaut suggested that ... Among their shared dental features he included the slight sideways-flattening of the crown, fine enamel wrinkles, and ridges on ... only marginal curvature of the crown, a more convex lingual than labial side, and similar size and shape of the denticles. Thus ... In regards to dental traits, baryonychines are characterized by slightly curved, finely-serrated teeth with more oval cross ...

... was mainly a grazer but also had a mixed diet of C3 and C4 plants based on isotope analyses of dental specimens ... The elbow had a great range of movement, as with digging cingulates, but this is more likely to be due to size adaptations. ... Even in the carapaces of newborn Glyptotherium, the marginal osteoderms are either conical or flat, which enables their sex to ... Additional studies of dental specimens from eastern Brazil suggest that the Glyptotherium were grazers in moist, lowland ...

Some ungulates completely lack upper incisors and instead have a dental pad to assist in browsing. It can be found in camels, ... The development of hypsodonty has been of particular interest as this adaptation was strongly associated with the spread of ... Artiodactyls survived in niche roles, usually occupying marginal habitats, and it is presumably at that time that they ... Their dental and skeletal form suggests desmostylians were aquatic herbivores dependent on littoral habitats. Their name refers ...

The adaptation's libretto and musical score combine African-American spirituals, soul, rock and roll, and folk music into ... She also provided Butler with the money she had been saving for dental work to pay for Butler's scholarship so she could attend ... Some scholars have focused on Butler's choice to write from the point of view of marginal characters and communities and thus " ... The adaptation was published by Abrams ComicsArts on January 10, 2017. To visually differentiate the time periods in which ...

The dental formula for hyraxes is 1.0.4.32.0.4.3. Although not ruminants, hyraxes have complex, multichambered stomachs that ... Sale, J. B. (January 1970). "Unusual External Adaptations in the Rock Hyrax". Zoologica Africana. 5 (1): 101-113. doi:10.1080/ ... displaced the hyraxes into marginal niches. Nevertheless, the order remained widespread and diverse as late as the end of the ...

These units are part of the microcontinent ("North Palawan Block") although they are deep marine rocks marginal to the ... from dental biometric comparisons which are similar between the latter and extant members of the genus Cervus or Rusa, ... Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 220-347. ISBN 9781444391282. Ochoa, J.; Piper ... from dental biometric comparisons which are similar between the latter and extant members of the genus Cervus or Rusa, ...

As mentioned above, H. pylori produce large amounts of urease to produce ammonia as one of its adaptation methods to overcome ... Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is a far more aggressive cancer than extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma. Cases of this ... Consistent with these transmission routes, the bacteria have been isolated from feces, saliva, and dental plaque of some ... Only rare cases of H. pylori-positive extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the colon have been successfully treated with ...

This dental arrangement has been modified by adaptation over the past 60 million years for diets composed of meat, for crushing ... There is the possibility that wolves living in marginal areas led to dire wolf/grey wolf hybrids. Canis milleri (Merriam 1912 ... The local adaptation of a wolf ecotype most likely reflects a wolf's preference to remain in the type of habitat that it was ... Manwell and Baker (1983) reviewed Dahr's work with the addition of dental data for canids and concluded that the dog ancestor ...

The dental bones have fifteen teeth on each side. The pattern of heterodonty in the lower dentition mirrors that of the ... The isolated tooth is smaller than the marginal dentition and has an enlarged base of the crown. The marked degree of ... "Mosasauroid phylogeny under multiple phylogenetic methods provides new insights on the evolution of aquatic adaptations in the ... These dental crowns are also more convex along their lingual surfaces (the side facing the tongue) than along their labial ...