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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: tooth

tooth stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Doctors in Miami have used a woman’s tooth to help restore her vision, the Los Angeles Times reports. A disease that destroyed tissue in her left eye left Sharon Thornton unable to undergo a cornea transplant, so surgeons cut a canine tooth and bone out of her upper jaw... More »

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surgery • tooth • University of Miami • eyes • cornea • retina • Sharon Thornton • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Ouch! Player Sports Tooth in Forehead

Rugby opponent's chopper gets under Australian's skin

Jul 18, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian rugby player visited his doctor last week, but his ailment was a job for a dentist—someone else's dentist. Nearly 4 months after colliding with an opponent during a game, Ben Czislowski learned that he had a tooth lodged under the skin of his forehead. He says he's... More »

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sports • Australia • tooth • rugby • Wynnum Manly Seagulls • Tweed Heads • Queensland • Ben Czislowksi • Matt Austin • Shane Millard

Oldest European Human Fossil Discovered

Million-year-old human tooth found in Spain

Jun 30, 07 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A million-year-old tooth belonging to a distant human ancestor has been unearthed in northern Spain, the BBC reports. Scientists touted the pre-molar as western Europe’s “oldest human fossil remain” by more than 200,000 years. The tooth was found Wednesday at the Atapuerca site, where caves have already... More »

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Spain • tooth • Homo antecessor • fossil • Atapuerca

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