title: Attempt at modelizing the dental arch form of the Senegalese subject.
abstract: Insufficient attention paid to dental arch forms during orthodontic treatment can give rise to relapses. The aim of this study was to calculate the mean dental arch form of the Senegalese subject and to suggest a characteristic polynomial function. Our sample comprised 57 Senegalese subjects aged between 13 and 33 years displaying an ideal occlusion. By superimposing all the arch curves of the different subjects in the series and by adopting intermolar distance as the standard unit, we were able to calculate the mean maxillary and mandibular arch forms and suggest a polynomial function of 6 degrees enabling production of almost perfect reproductions of these forms.
authors.affiliation: Département d'odontologie, faculté de médecine, de pharmacie et d'odontologie, université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, Sénégal. khadydiopba2000@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Khady
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Diop Ba
authors.forename: Mouhammadou Mansour
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: Soukèye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ndoye
authors.forename: Joseph Samba
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Diouf
authors.forename: Papa Ibrahima
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Ngom
authors.forename: Falou
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diagne
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D002508:Cephalometry; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D003765:Models, Dental; D012016:Reference Values; D012675:Senegal; D055815:Young Adult