Detecting the first individual cavities dinosaurs

Scientists in China, the US and Canada have just announced their special discovery about the fossils of a dinosaur that suffers from dental diseases.

This is considered an important step in human awareness of dinosaurs, a new discovery that helps decode the formation and development of the world's largest reptile jaws. In fact, the impact of tooth decay phenomenon has only been evaluated on mammals, not much researched on reptiles.

The fossils of the first found cavities of dinosaurs lived 190 million years ago. Discovered in 2007, this fossil is currently being stored at the Lufeng Dinosaur Museum, China. The rest of the Sinosaurus dinosaurs were discovered in the Lufeng River basin, Yunnan Province, China.

Research by leading Chinese, American and Canadian scientists confirms, this is the first 'confirmed pathology of dinosaur teeth in the world'. Not only is the discovery unique, the study of deep teeth also helps usher in a 'special look on behavior, physical as well as the development of extinct animals'.

In addition to the deep teeth, paleontologists also discovered that the jaws of this dinosaur individual lost a tooth but the pores were completely covered. This may be the way this animal cures its own defect when the decayed tooth falls.

X-rays and deep-tooth tomography showed that the ability to fill the lost pores allows dinosaurs to continue to grow and develop for a long time afterwards. Based on this finding, scientists are investigating the ability to restore Sinosaurus jaws as well as dinosaurs belonging to the theropods, including T-rex tyrants.