A study of occlusal variation in the primary dentition of Australian twins and singletons.

doi:10.1016/s0003-9969(01)00026-7

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A study of occlusal variation in the primary dentition of Australian twins and singletons.

Archives of oral biology - 1 Sept 2001

Hughes T, Thomas C, Richards L, Townsend G

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In this study, we quantified the extent of variation in different occlusal features of Australian children of European descent with complete primary dentitions, but no permanent teeth present in the mouth. The study group consisted of 412 individuals, aged between 3 and 7 years, including 70 monozygous (MZ) twin pairs, 68 same-sexed dizygous (DZ) twin pairs, 11 opposite-sexed DZ twin pairs, and 114 singletons....

Topics

Australia
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
Dental Arch
Dental Occlusion
Diseases in Twins
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Male
Malocclusion
Models, Genetic
Statistics, Nonparametric
Tooth, Deciduous
White People

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PMID: 11420058
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9969(01)00026-7

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