18th International Symposium on Dental Morphology 3rd Congress of International Association of Paleodontology

We are planning the 18th ISDM together with the 3rd meeting of the International Association for Paleodontology (IAPO) as a face-to-face event at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, August 15-19, 2022.

Frankfurt, 15 – 19 August 2022

After more than 50 years, starting with its first conference in 1965 in Fredensborg Denmark, the International Symposium on Dental Morphology (ISDM) is and shall remain an independent, interdisciplinary and integrative conference bringing together about 250 world specialists in the research fields of Anthropology and Palaeoanthropology, Palaeontology, Anatomy, Archaeology, Zoology, Biomechanics, Forensics, Dentistry, Molecular Biology to discuss intensively the latest findings and versatile current research perspectives on dental evolution, jaw system adaptations, tooth development, tooth growth, life history, functional morphology, evolutionary dentistry and dental forensics in a broad and integrative unique knowledge and discussion forum during three to four days.

Scientific Contributions We would like to invite contributions (oral or poster) focusing mainly on the following topics related to the masticatory system and dental anatomy and morphology:

Origin and evolutionary history Growth and ontogeny Structures, form and function Patterns and life history in teeth Forensics and clinical aspects Bioarchaeology

For more information visit the webpage: https://www.senckenberg.de/de/institute/senckenberg-gesellschaft-fuer-naturforschung-frankfurt-main/abt-palaeoanthropologie/tagungen/18th-international-symposium-on-dental-morphology/

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