They found that the dolphins’ dental structures contain spongier alveolar bone (the one that holes the teeth) than what is found in other animals. Their teeth are also generally larger and looser.
Tooth development was determined according to Moorrees, Fanning and Hunt 5,6 and eruption was assessed relative to the alveolar bone level 7,8. Intra-examiner reproducibility was 0.85 calculated using ...
Briss DS, Long RE Jr, Peterman JB 3rd, Doucet JC, Daskalogiannakis J, Hathaway RR, Mercado AM, Russell K, Stauffer L. Evaluating SWAG and Its Validity When Compared to 3D Imagery of Secondarily ...