Article
The teeth and faces of twins: providing insights into dentofacial development and oral health for practising oral health professionals.
Australian dental journal - 1 Jun 2014
Hughes T E, Townsend G C, Pinkerton S K, Bockmann M R, Seow W K, Brook A H, Richards L C, Mihailidis S, Ranjitkar S, Lekkas D
Abstract excerpt
The continuing studies of the teeth and faces of Australian twins and their families in the Craniofacial Biology Research Group in the School of Dentistry at the University of Adelaide began 30 years ago. Three main cohorts of twins have been recruited, enabling various objectives and specific hypotheses to be addressed about the roles of genetic, epigenetic and environmental influences on human dentofacial...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Birth Rate
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Dental Caries
- Epigenomics
- Face
- Facial Asymmetry
- Female
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Imaging, Three-Dimensional
- Longitudinal Studies