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SUBMITTER: Depalle B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9979084 | biostudies-literature | 2023
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Depalle Baptiste B Karaaslan Hakan H Obtel Nicolas N Gil-Bona Ana A Teichmann Maren M Mascarin Gabrielle G Pugach-Gordon Megan M Bidlack Felicitas B FB
Frontiers in physiology 20230216
The teeth of humans and pigs are similar in size, shape, and enamel thickness. While the formation of human primary incisor crowns takes about 8 months, domestic pigs form their teeth within a much shorter time. Piglets are born after 115 days of gestation with some of their teeth erupted that must after weaning meet the mechanical demands of their omnivorous diet without failure. We asked whether this short mineralization time before tooth eruption is combined with a post-eruptive mineralizatio ...[more]