Of English and its roots!

The word "xanthodontous" means "Having yellow teeth".
It is derived from the Greek roots "Xanthos" meaning yellow and "Odon" meaning toothed.
I learnt about the word early this morning and as I was assimilating its facts, a certain similarity struck me.
The word "danta" in Sanskrit means tooth as well. Consider "Ekadanta" (ek+danta=single toothed/tusked), a word used for Lord Ganesha.
Similarly, we have the following roots in some other languages (Source: wikipedia):
Latin dens, Lithuanian dantis, Old Irish det, Welsh dent.
Most words in English, we're often told, are derived from Latin and Greek. And if you look up the word "dental" or "dentist" on Google, its more likely that the results point to a Latin root.
But now I'm wondering!
Since Sanskrit is older than Latin ("Sanskrit is older than Latin in the sense that its written records can be traced back further in time" - Philip Baldi, Foreign Language Study, 1999), could words dental, dentist and the like, be sourced from Sanskrit itself?
Something to think about.
Maybe we Indians didnt get a patent for it.....just like we didnt for basmati rice!
What do you think?