Get ready to take a big old bite of science (and fun)! This week, we’re sinking our teeth… into teeth! Ouch!
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Sources:
[Tooth or Fail]
Chiton Teeth
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/05/rare-mineral-from-rocks-found-in-chiton-teeth/
Pink Sea Urchin Teeth
https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(19)30173-0
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/rock-munching-sea-urchins-have-self-sharpening-teeth
[Fact Off]
Piranha teeth
https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/10/15/piranha-fish-swap-old-teeth-for-new-simultaneously/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ede.12306
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670376/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmor.20380
https://theconversation.com/how-sharks-could-help-us-regrow-our-own-human-teeth-63531
Baby Dino Teeth
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)31269-6.pdf
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/gwu-ntn121516.php
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/newly-discovered-dinosaur-species-lost-teeth-adults
Braces
https://www.healthline.com/health/how-do-braces-work
https://orthodonticassoc.com/braces/how-do-braces-work/
https://www.healthline.com/health/retainers-after-braces
[Butt One More Thing]
Fecal bacteria on toothbrushes
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150602130650.htm
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