Researchers using the Advanced Light Source have discovered a natural toughening mechanism — small misorientations among the nanocrystal building blocks of human tooth enamel — that help adult teeth last a lifetime of enourmous chewing pressure applied hundreds of times a day. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/12/23/tooth-enamel-stop-cracks/
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