Canterbury [UK]: The University of Kent-led study found evidence of a biorhythm in human primary teeth that are linked to weight increase during adolescence. The findings of the study were published in the journal Communications Medicine.
An international research team led by Dr Patrick Mahoney at Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation discovered the biorhythm in primary 'milk' molars (Retzius periodicity [RP]) is related to aspects of physical development during early adolescence. A faster dental biorhythm produced smaller gains in weight and mass.
