Dental microwear and 3D surface texture analyses are useful in reconstructing herbivore
diets, with scratches usually interpreted as indicators of grass dominated diets and pits as …

External abrasives ingested along with the herbivore diet are considered main contributors
to dental wear, though how the different sizes and concentrations of these abrasives …

To differentiate the effects of internal and external abrasives on tooth wear, we performed a
controlled feeding experiment in rabbits fed diets of varying phytolith content as an internal …

Microwear, the quantification of microscopic scratches and pits on the occlusal surfaces of
tooth enamel, is commonly used as a paleodietary proxy. For ungulates (hoofed mammals) …

Food processing wears down teeth, thus affecting tooth functionality and evolutionary
success. Other than intrinsic silica phytoliths, extrinsic mineral dust/grit adhering to plants …

Recent studies have shown that phytoliths are softer than dental enamel but still act as
abrasive agents. Thus, phytolith content should be reflected in dental wear. Because native …

Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is widely used for diet inferences in extant and
extinct vertebrates. Often, a reference tooth position is analysed in extant specimens, while …

There is an ongoing discourse about whether or not external abrasives influence the
microscopic wear in herbivore teeth, including a statement that “dust does not matter”. We …

Dental mesowear is applied as a proxy to determine the general diet of mammalian
herbivores based on tooth-cusp shape and occlusal relief. Low, blunt cusps are considered …

Although patterns of tooth wear are crucial in palaeo‐reconstructions, and dental wear
abnormalities are important in veterinary medicine, experimental investigations on the …