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Sibling similarities in the tempo of human tooth mineralization.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Mar 1998
Merwin D R, Harris E F
Abstract excerpt
The extent of tooth mineralization is a useful estimate of a child's physiological age it reflects the rate at which the child is developing towards maturity. As it is not known to what degree dental age is regulated by the genotype, this investigation estimated familial resemblance in the tempo of tooth mineralization. Panoramic radiographs of the children in 185 sibships were scored for stages of tooth...
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