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Re: Interdental plates
At 11:15 AM 8/30/95 -0400, Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:
>I'm no functional anatomist, but they may have helped to immobilize the teeth
>in the jaws during feeding and/or guide replacement teeth into their proper
>sockets. Perhaps they also helped protect whatever passed for gums and other
>oral soft tissues (blood vessels, nerves, etc.) that nourished the teeth. Any
>other takers?
Makes logical, undeniable sense.
-= Tuck =-