1. Importance of teeth

   • Information about phylogeny

   • Information about feeding

   • Useful for systematics

   
   
   

2. The structure of teeth

   
   
   

3. Tooth development

   
   
   

4. Types of teeth

   • Tooth variety

   • Tooth attachment

   • Tooth replacement

   
   
   

5. Vertebrate teeth

   • Agnathan teeth

   • Placoderm teeth

   • Acanthodian teeth

   • Chondrichthyes teeth

   • Osteichthyes teeth

     • Actinopterygii teeth

     • Sarcoptertgii teeth

   • Amphibian teeth

     • Labyrinthodont teeth

     • Lissamphibian teeth

   • Reptile teeth

   • Bird teeth

   • Mammal teeth

   
   
   

6. Trends in the evolution of dentition

   
   
   

Readings:

Chapter 3, pages 60-61

Chapter 7, page 195

Chapter 19, pages 565, 572-573

Chapter 21, pages 630-635

Terms:

crown, root, alveolus, pulp, cement

rooted, rootless

dental lamina, enamel organ, dental papilla

odontoblasts, tooth bud

homodont, heterodont

pleurodont, acrodont, thecodont

polyphyodont, diphyodont

labyrinthyodont

edentate

incisors, canines, premolars, molars, cheek teeth

anisognathy