Associations between carabelli trait and cusp areas in human permanent maxillary first molars

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-203

  Kondo, Shintaro ^a,b   Townsend, Grant C ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crown morphology; Odontometry; Sexual differences; Tooth size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; ODONTOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH SIZE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TOOTH CROWN; TWINS;

EID: 31344444910     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20271     Document Type: Article

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