User:Mimosa taco/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
An article on Deciduous teeth

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose to evaluate on this article because I'm interested in the field of dentistry and I would like to have some background informations on the materials. Deciduous teeth are as crucial as permanent teeth because not only do they assist children in talking and chewing, but also reserve the space for permanent teeth to grow properly once deciduous teeth are erupted. My first impression on this was that it is a concise but still a very comprehensive article. I really enjoyed the section where it discussed different cultural meanings of this type of teeth.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead

- The introductory sentence did mention definition of this type of teeth and which animals have and don't have them. Although I think the later part is worth mentioning, I would reorganize it to come last after the two brief discussions on its development and function. Another way would be to subdivide the sentence and to mention which animals have this type of teeth in a separate sentence.

- The lead does include a brief discussion on the teeth's development during pregnancy and functions, which are both included in the majored sections. The only information that is included in the lead but not mentioned in the article's major sections is its presence in most mammals, but since this article focuses on human's deciduous teeth, this can be disregard.

Content

- As I am still a learner on this subject, I am not confident if there is any information missing in this article or whether or not they are up-to-date. However, all of the contents in this article are all relevant to the topic. It does a nice job in mentioning different cultural beliefs and rituals around the erupted baby teeth.

Tone and Balance

- I would say the tone is neutral in this article. Each of the descriptions of the cultural beliefs and rituals around baby teeth is also described with a neutral tone, although some beliefs and rituals' origins are described while others are not.

Sources and References

- The citation links work and they do support the claim in the article.

- The facts are referenced with reliable sources ranging from dental journals and dental research papers written by many board-certified dentists and dental specialists, and published by dental universities and dental associations.

- The Ratoncito Pérez reference needs to be changed as the citation link does not work

Talk Page Discussion

- Some conversions revolve around having more emphasis on this type of teeth in other animals, as the article is quite human centric. Some suggested to include variability in the teeth's development, as the article might be giving a wrong or small range of timeline for when a baby tooth should be erupted or the number of permanent teeth a person should have.

- Other conservations mention some other links that could further support the claims in the articles, and modified links to those that did not work earlier.

- The article is covered in the WikiProject Anatomy, relating to gross anatomy, and rated as Mid-importance on the quality scale, and C-Class on the importance scale.

- So far, I have not noticed any difference between how Wikipedia discuss the topic and the way we talked about it in class.