Abstract
Enamel hypoplasia is a mammalian tooth malady characterized by reduction in the thickness of its enamel. Enamel hypoplasia is an environmental and physiological stress indicator for the insults an animal has faced during its growth and development. It also points out the health status of a mammal during different phases of its life span. The article outlines the dental enamel hypoplasia studies in low and high crowned mammals. It also depicts the diversity in feeding habitat of
mammals having positive results for occurrence of this tooth malady. The present review correlates the research studies that have been conducted in deciduous as well as permanent dental material of modern, archeological and palaeontological animals belongs to multiple orders of class Mammalia and also provides a road map for comparative analysis of dental health in different mammalian taxons
Abdul Majid Khan. (2017) Review report on mammalian dental defect (enamel hypoplasia) in different groups of mammals, Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 32, Issue 2.
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