Surface texture analysis in Toothfrax and MountainsMap® SSFA module: Different software packages, different results?

I Calandra, K Bob, G Merceron… - Peer Community …, 2022 - peercommunityjournal.org
The scale-sensitive fractal analysis (SSFA) of dental microwear textures is traditionally
performed using the software Toothfrax. SSFA has been recently integrated to the software …

What about the buccal surfaces? Dental microwear texture analysis of buccal and occlusal surfaces refines paleodietary reconstructions

R Hernando, JC Willman, A Souron… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study analyzes and compares dental microwear textures on occlusal and
buccal surfaces from the same tooth to determine if using these surfaces in tandem can …

Assessment of comminution capacity related to molar intercuspation in catarrhines using a chewing simulator

AE Walker, F Guy, C Salles… - … et mémoires de la …, 2022 - journals.openedition.org
Mammalian molars play a central role during chewing, or food comminution, through cyclic
dental occlusion. Mammals fragment food items with varying degrees of efficiency …

Effectiveness of buccal dental‐microwear texture in African Cercopithecoidea dietary discrimination

LM Martínez, F Estebaranz‐Sánchez… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study compares ISO (ISO/FDIS 25178) roughness parameters, calculated
from three‐dimensional (3D) molar buccal microtexture surfaces, among African …

Dental Microwear Analysis: Wear We Are Going, Wear We Have Been

CW Schmidt and, PS Ungar - A Companion to Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dental microwear research rests at the boundary between biology and engineering. More
specifically, it combines basic principles of ecology with tribology,“the science and …

The application of dental microwear texture analysis to human remains from the Bronze Age archaeological site, Minferri. A methodological study into its potential and …

A Denton - 2022 - diposit.ub.edu
[eng] Previous research has shown that dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is a key
method in studying the diet of animals and humans in their last moments of life. Enamel …