The Role of Dust, Grit and Phytoliths in Tooth Wear

Mechanisms and causes of wear in tooth enamel: implications for hominin diets

(2013) P. W. Lucas et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Inferring biological evolution from fracture patterns in teeth

(2013) Brian R Lawn et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Decoupling the spread of grasslands from the evolution of grazer-type herbivores in South America

(2013) Caroline A.E. Strömberg et al.   Nature Communications

Role of tooth elongation in promoting fracture resistance

(2012) Amir Barani et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Fracture in teeth-a diagnostic for inferring bite force and tooth function

(2011) James J.-W. Lee et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

On the relationship between hypsodonty and feeding ecology in ungulate mammals, and its utility in palaeoecology

(2011) John Damuth et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Adaptation to hard-object feeding in sea otters and hominins

(2011) Paul J. Constantino et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Hypsodonty and tooth facet development in relation to diet and habitat in herbivorous ungulates: implications for understanding tooth wear

(2011) Thomas M. Kaiser et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Properties of tooth enamel in great apes

(2010) James J.-W. Lee et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Leaf-cutter ants with worn mandibles cut half as fast, spend twice the energy, and tend to carry instead of cut

(2010) Robert M. S. Schofield et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Tooth chipping can reveal the diet and bite forces of fossil hominins

(2010) P. J. Constantino et al.   Biology Letters

Determination of Mechanical Properties of Sand Grains by Nanoindentation

(2010) N. P. Daphalapurkar et al.   EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS

Sensations Evoked by Microstimulation of Single Mechanoreceptive Afferents Innervating the Human Face and Mouth

(2010) M. Trulsson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

On the chipping and splitting of teeth

(2010) Herzl Chai et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Another one bites the dust: faecal silica levels in large herbivores correlate with high-crowned teeth

(2010) J. Hummel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impacts of silica-based defences in grasses on the feeding preferences of sheep

(2009) Fergus P. Massey et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

On the R-curve behavior of human tooth enamel

(2009) Devendra Bajaj et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Testing the ‘Laacher See hypothesis’: tephra as dental abrasive

(2009) Felix Riede et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Food-web structure and ecosystem services: insights from the Serengeti

(2009) A. Dobson   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Toughness and processes of material removal

(2009) Tony Atkins   WEAR

A Novel Mechanism by which Silica Defends Grasses Against Herbivory

(2008) J. W. Hunt et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Dental enamel as a dietary indicator in mammals

(2008) Peter Lucas et al.   BIOESSAYS

Cyanogenesis in plants and arthropods

(2008) Mika Zagrobelny et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Wear behaviour of dental enamel at the nanoscale with a sharp and blunt indenter tip

(2008) G.M. Guidoni et al.   WEAR