Hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food

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The heads and upper palates with fangs of two snakes. Engraving, ca. 1796.

A horse's wolf tooth.

Greyhound dog skull

Medieval human mandible (lower jaw bone)

A postcard illustrating a variety of good luck charms. Chromolithograph.

Digestive system: twelve figures, including teeth, intestines and colon. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.

Doctor's signboard hung with human teeth

Stingray or skate (Batoidea) fossilised tooth

Muscles of the neck, tongue and jaws. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

A dentist giving John Bull a penny after extracting a tooth; representing the effects of income tax on Great Britain. Wood engraving, 1861.

A sailor running away from the ships dentist who is attempting to pull out one of his teeth. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1898.

Oral histology : inheritance and development / D. Vincent Provenza ; [with chapters by Harold M. Fullmer, Joseph H. Seipp].

An atlas of skiagrams : illustrating the development of the teeth with explanatory text / by Johnson Symington and J. C. Rankin.

Les dentistes, détectives de l'histoire / Xavier Riaud ; préambule, Henri Lamendin ; préface, Charles Georget.

A text-book of dental histology and embryology : including laboratory directions / by Frederick Bogue Noyes ... with 350 illustrations and 19 plates.

On dentition, and some coincident disorders / by John Ashburner.

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Tooth

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Works from the collections

Oral histology : inheritance and development / D. Vincent Provenza ; [with chapters by Harold M. Fullmer, Joseph H. Seipp].

An atlas of skiagrams : illustrating the development of the teeth with explanatory text / by Johnson Symington and J. C. Rankin.

Les dentistes, détectives de l'histoire / Xavier Riaud ; préambule, Henri Lamendin ; préface, Charles Georget.

A text-book of dental histology and embryology : including laboratory directions / by Frederick Bogue Noyes ... with 350 illustrations and 19 plates.

On dentition, and some coincident disorders / by John Ashburner.

Tooth

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tooth

Works from the collections

Oral histology : inheritance and development / D. Vincent Provenza ; [with chapters by Harold M. Fullmer, Joseph H. Seipp].

An atlas of skiagrams : illustrating the development of the teeth with explanatory text / by Johnson Symington and J. C. Rankin.

Les dentistes, détectives de l'histoire / Xavier Riaud ; préambule, Henri Lamendin ; préface, Charles Georget.

A text-book of dental histology and embryology : including laboratory directions / by Frederick Bogue Noyes ... with 350 illustrations and 19 plates.

On dentition, and some coincident disorders / by John Ashburner.

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