title: Dental arch and palate in Taiwan aboriginals--Ami, Bunun, Paiwan and Rukai tribes.
abstract: Differences in the dental arch and palate among Taiwan Aboriginals were investigated and compared with Taiwanese and Japanese. Plaster models were taken from 315 Taiwan Aboriginal adults, 185 Taiwanese and 426 Japanese between 1979 and 1989, and various dimensions were measured. There were no clear differences in the characteristics of the dental arch and palate between Taiwan Aboriginal tribes. However, they were found to differ from those of Taiwanese and Japanese. In a dendrogram constructed from a cluster analysis, two major clusters were found. Among males, the first cluster contained Paiwan and Rukai, the second contained Japanese, Taiwanese, Ami and Bunun. Among females, the first contained Japanese, Taiwanese, Rukai and Paiwan, the second contained Ami and Bunun. The Ami were close to Bunun and the Paiwan were close to Rukai among both males and females. These results indicate that Ami and Bunun, and Paiwan and Rukai, respectively, have close affinities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takehara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D002508:Cephalometry; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010159:Palate / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D044469:Racial Groups; D012015:Reference Standards; D013624:Taiwan