[Mixed dentition space analysis in a eastern Sicilian population].
BACKGROUND
The purposes of this study are: 1) predicting the sum of mesio-distal crown diameters of unerupted canines, first and second premolars, using the sum of mesio-distal diameters of lower permanent incisors, in a sample of Eastern Sicily population; 2) estimating the differences between our predictions and the ones developed by Tanaka & Johnston, by Moyers and by Ballard & Wylie.


METHODS
We selected 150 plaster casts of permanent dentition of patients - 82 females and 68 males - examined at the School of Orthodontics of the University of Catania. The width of canines, first and second premolars and lower incisors were taken by means of a bow-compass and a sliding digital caliper on the selected plaster casts.


RESULTS
We calculated the following linear regression equations, with statistical method, to predict the sum of mesio-distal dimensions of canines, first and second premolars (Y) using the width of the lower incisors (X): Yfs = 11.40 + 0.42X for females in the upper arch; Yfi = 11.34 + 0.41X for females in the lower arch; Yms = 12.84 + 0.39X for males in the upper arch and Ymi =11.38 + 0.44X for males in the lower arch.


CONCLUSIONS
The results in our sample indicate that the sum of mesio-distal crown diameters of canines, first and second premolars is smaller in females than in males; besides those results suggest that the North-American authors' predictions overestimate the mesio-distal dimension of canines, first and second premolars in both sexes.
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Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche, Sezione di Odontostomatologia II, Cattedra di Patologia Speciale Odontostomatologica, Università degli Studi, Catania, Italy. pverzi@unict.it
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003765:Models, Dental; D012016:Reference Values; D012802:Sicily; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014481:United States