title: [Diastemata in 3-year-old children without malocclusion].
abstract: In children aged 3 years without malocclusion the dental arches were studied for the occurrence, position and size of diastemata (interdental clefts). In the studied children most arches had diastemata (in 95% of cases in the upper arch and in 80% in the lower arch). It is concluded that the behaviour of the contact points between teeth is not a characteristic feature of the teeth of children aged 3 years. It seems that the presence of "closed" dental arches--without diastemata, and "open" with diastemata, confirms the presence of two types of dental arches of milk teeth.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Piekarczyk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winiarska-Majczyno
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pietrzak-Bilińska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zadurska
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003970:Diastema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
vernacular_title: Szpary miedzyzebowe u dzieci 3-letnich bez wady zgryzu.