A comparison of crown size dimensions of the permanent teeth in a Nigerian and a British population

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 623-628

  Otuyemi, Olayinka D ^a   Noar, Joe H ^b,c  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; NEGRO; NIGERIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOMETRY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH CROWN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BICUSPID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CUSPID; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; NIGERIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH CROWN;

EID: 0030340746     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/18.6.623     Document Type: Article

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