A Companion to Dental Anthropology

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Companion to Dental Anthropology presents a collection of original readings addressing all aspects and sub-disciplines of the field from its "roots" and evolution through to the latest scientific research. Essays are contributed by over 30 scholars and practitioners from a variety of dental anthropology specialties and subfields, each who reveal their expertise and share their latest research results. Following an introduction to dental anthropology, the chapters cover topics relating to dental evolution and the human dentition, dental growth, development, and histology, morphometric variations in populations and individuals, dental health and disease, and a group of final readings pointing to new directions in dental anthropological research. Companion to Dental Anthropology is an essential resource to all aspects of the complex biology of teeth.