Fractal structure of caries.
Between 1991 and 1993, the data of 479 clinical records were compiled about caries in the permanent teeth of subjects of both sexes, whose dental examinations were carried out in a private dental clinic in the city of Salamanca and who were distributed by age into groups of 16-65, 26-55 and 36-45 years. Using the method known as system of expansion-contraction, we showed that caries has a non-linear dynamic, whose evolution in time is difficult to predict and which has a fractal geometry. This study shows the fractal geometry of caries and to achieve this uses a little-known method which will be of great use in future research.
Gonzalez-Gonzalez
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JM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D017709:Fractals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D013030:Spain