Nothing but the Tooth : A Dental Odyssey
Barry K.B. Berkovitz
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Burlington : : Elsevier Science, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (265 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Nothing but the Tooth; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; About the Author; 1 The Jaws of the Piranha; Natural History of the Piranha; Teeth of the Piranha; Tooth Replacement in the Piranha; Summary; 2 Tusks and Ivory; What Are Tusks?; Elephant Tusks; Elephant Ivory; Other Animals with Tusks; Hippopotamus Tusks; Walrus Tusks; Boar Tusks; Narwhal Tusks; Sperm Whale Teeth; 3 How Two Young Dentists Changed the History of Surgery: Horace Wells (1815-1848) and William Thomas Green Morton (1819-1868); Horace Wells; William Thomas Green Morton. - 11 Hens' Teeth Are Not as Rare as You Think. - 6 Snakes, Saliva and a Nobel Prize7 You Are What You Eat: How a Tooth Can Reveal Where You Came from and What You Ate; Who Are You/Where Did You Come from?; Mystery 1; Mystery 2; Towards a Solution to Mysteries 1 and 2; Oxygen in Water; Structure and Composition of Teeth and Bones; Distribution of Stable Oxygen Isotopes in Teeth and Bones; Solution to Mystery 1; Solution to Mystery 2; Who Accompanied Christopher Columbus During His Second Voyage to America?; What Can Teeth Tell Us about the Evolution of Elephants, Whales and Sea Cows?. - Strontium and Radioactive CarbonStrontium; Mystery 5; Solution to Mystery 5; Mystery 6; Solution to Mystery 6; Evidence for Migration and Social Customs; Radioactive Carbon; Summary; 8 Teeth of Rock-Climbing Gobies: The Most Remarkable Dentitions in the Animal Kingdom?; 9 Why Can't I Have Lots of Sets of Teeth Like a Shark?; Tooth Replacement in Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles; Tooth Replacement in Cichlids; Newly Hatched Alligators; Tooth Replacement in Humans and Other Mammals; Humans; Other Mammals; Summary; 10 Serendipity and the Discovery of the Modern Dental Implant. - The Fight for RecognitionDr Crawford Williamson Long (1815-1878); 4 What is a Tooth?; Teeth of Invertebrates (Snails, Worms and Leeches); Snails; Worms; Leeches; Teeth of Vertebrates (Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals); Lampreys; Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles; Fish; Amphibians; Reptiles; Mammals; Herbivores; Carnivores; Insectivores; Some Other Functions of Teeth; Functionless Teeth; 5 Teeth in the Most Unlikely Places; Unusual Medical Case History 1; Teeth in the Tummy; Unusual Medical Case History 2; How We See; Corneal Blindness; Tooth-in-the-Eye Surgery. - What Can Isotopes in Teeth Tell Us about the Life of Dinosaurs?Where Did 'Otzi' Come from?; What Did You Eat?; Mystery 3; Mystery 4; Towards a Solution to Mysteries 3 and 4; Carbon in the Food Chain; Stable Carbon Isotopes; C3 and C4 Plants; Distribution of Carbon in Teeth and Bones; Solution to Mystery 3; Solution to Mystery 4; What Can Carbon Isotope Analysis Tell Us about the Evolution of the Large African Herbivores?; Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded?; Did the Diet of Neanderthals Differ from that of Early Humans Living at the Same Time?; Stable Nitrogen Isotopes. - While most books on dentistry describe the clinical and medical procedures involved, this book expands the field to examine the role of dentistry and teeth in everything from biology to biography. This book offers facts and figures regarding famous historical figures, such as John Hunter, Dr Crippen, Doc Holliday, and Paul Revere, exploring how their connections to dentistry shaped them, as well as the story of the two young dentists who discovered the principles of general anaesthesia. Other chapters focus on the amazing ranges of teeth in animals, from the teeth in piranhas to the tusks a
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| ISBN | 9780123971906
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