Korean J Orthod.  1998 Aug;28(4):601-609.

A morphometric study of teeth on the Korean normal occlusion

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  • 1Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Korea.

Abstract

The objects of this study were to analyze the crown angulation, crown inclination, molar offset angle, and crown in and out of the Korean adults having normal occlusion. 14 subjects (7 male, 7 female) were chosen in the 80 subjects who had ideal occlusion and beautiful profile we thought. The casts were obtained from the subjects, and then they were scanned with 3-dimensional scanner machine. We analyzed them with computer program based upon Andrews methods and the following results were obtained. 1. We got the norm of the crown angulation, crown inclination, molar offset angle, and crown in and out in the Korean adults. 2. The analysis using 3 dimensional scanner and computer program was more fast and accurate than the manual methods.

Keyword

crown angulation; crown inclination; crown in and out; molar offset angle

MeSH Terms

Adult
Crowns
Humans
Male
Molar
Tooth*
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