Python teeth: The new device, which is designed to be used during rotator cuff repair surgery, featured a series of small, angled hooks that mimic the structure of python teeth.

That's unlike the dental development scenario for humans and non-venomous snakes, such as pythons. As an embryo, all of our teeth in the upper jaw sprout from one tooth-forming tissue, while all ...

But Ryerson's work suggests otherwise. While a snake's other teeth may not catch our eyes quite the same as its fangs do, they are still important in how snakes evolved to attack and kill, he said.