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Defining new dental phenotypes using 3-D image analysis to enhance discrimination and insights into biological processes.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Dec 2009
Smith Richard, Zaitoun Halla, Coxon Tom, Karmo Mayada, Kaur Gurpreet, Townsend Grant, Harris Edward F, Brook Alan
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AIMS: In studying aetiological interactions of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors in normal and abnormal developments of the dentition, methods of measurement have often been limited to maximum mesio-distal and bucco-lingual crown diameters, obtained with hand-held calipers. While this approach has led to many important findings, there are potentially many other informative measurements that can be...
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