Quantitative evidence for the helicoid relationship between the maxillary and mandibular occlusal surfaces.
A method for measuring the transverse inclination of molar teeth is described which enabled significant differences (P less than 0.001) between the three molars to be demonstrated for a sample of English Modern (n 24) and Romano-British (n20) skulls. No significant differences between the transverse molar inclinations were found for the Bronze Age (n 10) or the Neanderthal (n 8) sample.
D003766:Dental Occlusion; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010161:Paleodontology