Korean J Orthod.  1984 Mar;14(1):127-134.

A study on the inheritance of malocclusion between the mother and offspring

• Son TW

Abstract

This purpose of the present study was to inestigate the correlations of malocclusion between the mother and the offression and thus heritable features from mother to her offspring. Dental impression was taken of the both jaws of 73 mothers and their sons and 109 mothers and their daughters, and the measurement was obtained from the models. The correlation coefficient of the mesio-distal diameters of teeth and that of occlusion and arch variable was calculated from the mesurement. After the data was analyzed and estimated, the following results were obtained: 1. It was evident that the tooth size of the offspring was influenced from their mother. 2. It was evident that the occlusion, the arch size and shape of the offspring were influenced from their mother. 3. There was not the marked difference between the heredity of occlusion variable and arch variable on the mother-offspring relationship. 4. The correlation of the lower intercanine width and the lower available space discrepancy between the mother and the offspring were greatly influenced with the environmental factor.

MeSH Terms

Heredity
Humans
Jaw
Malocclusion*
Mothers*
Nuclear Family
Tooth
Wills*