Date of Award
Spring 1990
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Dentistry
First Advisor
Ferguson, Donald
Second Advisor
Kittleson, Russell
Third Advisor
Meyer, Ralph
Abstract
Tooth size prediction analyses were first reported in the dental literature in the 1940's and continue to the present. Studies have shown that linear regression equations derived from Caucasian populations were less accurate when applied to other ethnic groups. Analyses, however, have been developed for other races including blacks, orientals, and inhabitants of India, but not for Native Americans. In this non-radiographic study, permanent teeth from casts of fifty male and fifty female Navajo Indians were measured for their greatest mesiodistal dimensions. The sums of five different groups of teeth were then each correlated with the sum of all the canines and premolars (six teeth) in the maxilla and also the sum of all the canines and premolars (six teeth) in the mandible. Separate correlations were developed for males, females, and both sexes combined resulting in a total of thirty different r values. A correlation coefficient value (r) of not less than 0.8 was established as being clinically significant...
Recommended Citation
Meinhardt, Carl F., "Tooth Size Prediction of Unerupted Canines and Premolars in a Navajo Population" (1990). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 5278.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/5278