Do silica phytoliths really wear mammalian teeth

By G. Sanson, Stuart Kerr, K. Gross. 2007

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Subfields: Anthropology, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology

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Citations in the corpus

• Comprehending crystalline β-carotene accumulation by comparing engineered cell models and the natural carotenoid-rich system of citrus (2011, unknown): “Silica, a hard material, may also be involved in organ stiffness (Sanson et al., 2007) by reinforcing cell walls (Schoelynck et al.”
• Dental Microwear Texture Analysis of Varswater Bovids and Early Pliocene Paleoenvironments of Langebaanweg, Western Cape Province, South Africa (2007, background): “As a final note, grasses may have very high concentrations of abrasive silica, as endogenous phytoliths, and/or exogeneous grit adherent to individual blades (Baker et al. 1959; McNaughton et al. 1985; Sanson et al. 2007).”
• Hypsodonty and tooth facet development in relation to diet and habitat in herbivorous ungulates: implications for understanding tooth wear (2013, background): “There is a recent debate in the scientific literature (Sanson et al. 2007, Damuth & Janis 2011) on whether intrinsic properties or extrinsic abrasives play the more important role in the evolution of hypsodonty; the relative timing of the occurrence of grasslands and hypsodont molars in North…”
• Tooth wear in captive wild ruminant species differs from that of free-ranging conspecifics (2009, background): “…a high degree of abrasion, most 21 probably due to the presence of silicacious phytoliths in grasses (Baker et al., 1959; 22 Healy and Ludwig, 1965; Sanson et al., 2007), while the amount of dust and grit 23 adhering to vegetation may increase abrasiveness of both grass and browse, in 24…”
• Dental microwear texture analysis of extant African Bovidae (2012, background): “Additionally, grasses tend to have high concentrations of abrasives, such as endogenous phytoliths, and/or exogenous grit adhering to the surfaces of individual blades (Baker et al. 1959 , Dougall et al. 1964 , McNaughton et al. 1985 , Sanson et al. 2007 ).”
• The Morphophysiological Adaptations of Browsing and Grazing Mammals (2008, background): “Grasses contain abrasive silica (Dougall et al. 1964; McNaughton et al. 1985); silica is harder than tooth enamel and thus wears it down (Baker et al. 1959; but see Sanson et al. 2007).”
• Feeding ecology and chewing mechanics in hoofed mammals: 3D tribology of enamel wear (2013, background): “Within a spectrum of adaptations among herbivores relating to their diets, grazers from open habitats would be the most abrasion-dominated [24–26], while browsers from closed habitats would generally undergo the least abrasive wear [27].”