[Diastemata in 3-year-old children without malocclusion].
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.
Piekarczyk
B
B
Winiarska-Majczyno
M
M
Pietrzak-Bilińska
B
B
Zadurska
M
M
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003970:Diastema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
Szpary miedzyzebowe u dzieci 3-letnich bez wady zgryzu.