CT Scan of Tooth (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

CT Scan of Tooth

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The team used a three-dimensional x-ray scanner to measure the thickness of tooth enamel in crocodiles. They found regardless of tooth position -- incisor, canine, molar -- age or diet, crocodiles do not have thick tooth enamel.

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