Dental arch development in a set of triplets.
A set of male triplets, of whom the two youngest appear to be identical, has been followed and recorded on plaster casts from 1 month to young adulthood. Measurements of tooth size, arch breadth, length, and circumference, as well as arch relationship, were made at five stages of development. There was a general tendency for the identical pair to become more similar after puberty, and less like their dizygotic brother. Attention is drawn to the potential value of a longitudinal study on a sample of sets of similar sex triplets each containing two identical individuals.
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Dental School, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, England.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008445:Maxillofacial Development / Q000235:genetics*; D014310:Triplets; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic