Re: Interdental plates

[jpoling@infinet.com (Jeff Poling)]

>In a message dated 95-08-29 13:37:11 EDT, jpoling@infinet.com (Jeff Poling)
>writes:
>
>>
>>   What exactly are interdental plates?
>
>They're little bony separators situated down between the teeth on the medial
>(lingual) side--the inside--of the jaws. You can see them fairly clearly in
>Figure 6.29A (p. 204) of _The Dinosauria_.

   Interesting.  What do you suppose they were for?

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