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STOMATOLOGICA
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Table of Contents for
June 2008 • Volume 24 • Number 57

INTERARch TOOTh SIZE DIScREpANcy IN SUBJEcTS wITh cLASS III MALOccLUSION

Filipović Gordana,
Janošević Mirjana,
Stošić Maja

FAcULtY OF MEDIcINE IN NIS, cLINIc OF DENtIStRY, DEPARtMENt OF ORthODONtIcS, NIš, SERBIA

...Abstract

The existence of balance between the toothsize of the upper and lower arches is a prerequisite to form good occlusion. The aim of the paper was to analyze the existence of disharmony in interarch tooth size. Fortyone subjects with permanent dentition and class III occlusal relation were tested within this research. The measurement was performed using a nonius, 0,01 mm of accuracy. Gender differences as well as deviations from standard values were tested by means of t-test. Theeth are usually bigger in males than in females and the most expressive difference is seen in the lower canines. The anterior and overall Bolton ratios did not find any gender dimorphism. The average value for the overall Bolton ratio found in females did not deviate from standard values, but the average values for the overall Bolton ratio as well as for the anterior Bolton ratio found in both sexes were, as it was found in our research, significantly higher than standard values.

Keywords: tooth size, Bolton analysis

...Authors and Reprint Information

Correspondence:
Filipović Gordana, D.D.S.,MSD
Clinic of Stomatology
Department of Orthodontics
52 Blvd Dr Zoran Djindjić
18000 Niš, Serbia