Occluso-cranial correlates of attrition in a preliterate population. A cross-sectional study.
Evaluation of dental casts of 202 living Lengua Indians from Paraguay finds progressive reduction in overjet with age, but no Class III or indication of altered relationship of mandible to cranial base.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003768:Dental Occlusion, Centric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor; D007199:Indians, South American; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008963:Molar; D010239:Paraguay; D012737:Sex Factors; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000473:pathology*