Primate Dentition An Introduction to the Teeth of Non-human Primates [Paperback]

A comprehensive and comparative reference work on the permanent and deciduous dentitions of extant primates.Primate teeth are of interest to a wide range of researchers from primatology, dental and physical anthropology, comparative anatomy and dentistry as well as vertebrate paleontology and veterinary science. This book brings together information from many disciplines to present the most useful and comprehensive database possible in one consolidated text. Containing information on the permanent and deciduous dentitions of over 80 primate species, microstructure and developmental detail, this book will be an important reference for many years to come.Primate teeth are of interest to a wide range of researchers from primatology, dental and physical anthropology, comparative anatomy and dentistry as well as vertebrate paleontology and veterinary science. This book brings together information from many disciplines to present the most useful and comprehensive database possible in one consolidated text. Containing information on the permanent and deciduous dentitions of over 80 primate species, microstructure and developmental detail, this book will be an important reference for many years to come.Primate Dentition provides a comparative dental anatomy of living non-human primates that brings together information from many disciplines to present the most useful and comprehensive database possible in one consolidated text. The core of the book consists of comparative morphological and metrical descriptions with analyses, reference tables, and illustrations of the permanent dentitions of 85 living primate species to establish a baseline for future investigations. The volume also discusses dental microstructure and its importance in understanding taxonomic relationships between species, data on deciduous dentitions, prenatal dental development and ontogenetic processes, and material to aid age estimation and life history studies.Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Dental anatomyl3<