title: Mixed dentition analysis in a Moroccan population.
abstract: The aims of this study were to produce odontometric data for a Moroccan population, to test Tanaka and Johnston and Moyers methods, to derive regression equations and elaborate a specific orthodontic prediction table for Moroccan children. 50 dental casts of Moroccan students (25 males, 25 females, mean age 22.6 years sd 1.35) were used to perform measurements of the greatest mesiodistal widths of all mandibular and maxillary canines and premolars and mandibular incisors with an orthodontic calliper. Significant sexual dimorphism was found in tooth sizes (p = .001). The study revealed close relationships between the total mesiodistal widths of the mandibular permanent incisors and that of the maxillary and mandibular canines and premolars. The correlation coefficients (r) and the coefficient of determination (R2) were better sexes combined for the maxilla (r = 0.60 ; R2 = 0.36 ) and for the mandible (r = 0.61 ; R2= 0.37). The regression equations elaborated for males and females were used as a basis for establishing an orthodontic prediction table for Moroccan children.
authors.affiliation: Orthodontic Section, Department of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diagne
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Diop-Ba
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Ngom
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: El Boury
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003481:Cuspid / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D003765:Models, Dental; D009018:Morocco; D009811:Odontometry / Q000379:methods*; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000033:anatomy & histology*