Tooth development was determined according to Moorrees, Fanning and Hunt 5,6 and eruption was assessed relative to the alveolar bone level 7,8. Intra-examiner reproducibility was 0.85 calculated using ...

They found that the dolphins’ dental structures contain spongier alveolar bone (the one that holes the teeth) than what is found in other animals. Their teeth are also generally larger and looser.

For example, the bone that holds the teeth (known as the alveolar bone) is spongier than those found in other animals. What’s more, the sockets holding the teeth in dolphins are unusually large ...

Joints are more than one bone on another. In between the majority ... But in fact these dental alveolar syndesmoses (technical speak for the tiny ligamentous joint between the tooth and jaw ...