Dental Functional Morphology: How Teeth Work

This book offers an innovative alternative to the assumption that teeth merely crush, cut, shear or grind food, and demonstrates how teeth adapt to diet. Peter Lucas reveals how tooth form from the earliest mammals to humans can be understood using basic considerations about how different foods fracture. He outlines his theory step-by-step, providing an allometric analysis explaining the factors governing tooth shape and size. An easy-to-use appendix also provides basic mechanics, and methods of measurement. This volume will be essential reading for physical anthropologists and dental and food scientists.

Author: Peter W. Lucas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/03/2004
Pages: 372
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.06lbs
Size: 9.96h x 6.84w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780521562362

About the Author
Lucas, Peter W.: - PETER W. LUCAS is Professor of Anatomy at the University of Hong Kong.

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