incisor
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Based on the emergence of its baby incisor teeth, researchers estimate the cub was about 3 weeks old when it died.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 15, 2024
To learn more about the composition of rodent tooth enamel, Vesna Srot and colleagues captured high-resolution images of incisor specimens from several species.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024
For many Angelenos, it’s lowriders, gleaming fronts on our canine and incisor teeth, a purse cast in sterling silver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
The researchers solved the mystery by analyzing a molar and an incisor - detecting the presence of a gene regulating a certain enamel-forming protein to reveal it was a woman.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2023
One blew off the edge of an incisor.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Another clue is the presence of pronounced canines that separate one set of teeth from another—the incisors from the bicuspids and molars, for instance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
When the singer and songwriter Adrianne Lenker was 21, she was involved in a bike accident that knocked out one of her incisors.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
They're expanding this study to include noctilionoid incisors and canines, and hope to uncover more of the genetic and developmental mechanisms that control tooth development in this diverse group of bats.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
"If a bat does choose to bite you, their incisors are so small and so sharp you may never feel it," Schaffner said.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2023
He let out a chuff of laughter, revealed missing lower incisors.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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