enamel
Example Sentences
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The method begins with cleaning the tooth surface and then carefully removing only the enamel for testing.
From Science Daily
As a result, he thinks keeping the enamel moist under lips was not essential for maintaining teeth strong enough to bite through bone.
From New York Times
They analyzed enamel from a tooth they recovered and performed CT scans of two skulls they recovered to reveal their internal structure.
From Scientific American
They even probed the chemistry of the creature’s tooth enamel to find out what it ate.
From Science Magazine
The researchers determined it was Denisovan based on its shape — short and heavily wrinkled — and enamel characteristics.
From Washington Post
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