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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 60-67 |
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Morphological characteristics of primary dentition in children of Chennai and Hyderabad
K Koora1, CH Sriram2, MS Muthu3, R Chandrasekhar Rao4, N Sivakumar5
1 Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Mamata Dental College & Hospital, Giriprasad Nagar, Khammam, India
2 Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Maratha Mandal's Dental College & Research Center, Belgaum-590010, Karnataka, India
3 Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College & Hospital, Maduravoyal, Chennai-600 095, India
4 Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College & Hospital, Bhimavaram, A.P, India
5 Professor & Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Narayana Dental College & Hospital, Chinthareddyalem, Nellore-524002. AP, India
| Date of Web Publication | 24-Jul-2010 |
Correspondence Address:
M S Muthu
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College & Hospital, Alappakkam Main Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai - 600 095
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.66736
 Abstract | | |
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the morphological characteristics of deciduous teeth of children in Chennai and Hyderabad, by establishing normal data on the mesiodistal and buccolingual crown dimensions in 3-5 year old children. Materials and Methods: Study casts of 200 children (100 boys and 100 girls) from two groups (Chennai and Hyderabad) were used in this study. Digital caliper was used to measure the mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions. Results and Conclusion: Significant differences were found in the mean values of mesiodistal and buccolingual diameters of primary teeth, in which boys generally had larger crown diameters than girls.
Keywords: Buccolingual dimension, crown size, digital caliper, mandibular teeth, maxillary teeth, mesiodistal dimension
How to cite this article:
Koora K, Sriram C H, Muthu M S, Rao R C, Sivakumar N. Morphological characteristics of primary dentition in children of Chennai and Hyderabad. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent 2010;28:60-7 |
How to cite this URL:
Koora K, Sriram C H, Muthu M S, Rao R C, Sivakumar N. Morphological characteristics of primary dentition in children of Chennai and Hyderabad. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent [serial online] 2010 [cited 2021 Mar 8];28:60-7. Available from: https://www.jisppd.com/text.asp?2010/28/2/60/66736 |
| Introduction | |  |
The mesiodistal crown width and occlusion in the deciduous dentition play a significant role in determining space and occlusion in the permanent dentition. One of the most critical factors in dental arch development and the relation of the arches to one another is mesiodistal diameter of the tooth. Thus, the space necessary to allow the proper alignment of all teeth within the dental arch is the sum of all mesiodistal widths of the teeth to fit within that arch. Tooth size is largely determined by heredity. The hereditary factors which determine the size of the teeth and size of the arches are independent and do not have any correlation. As a result, the discrepancy between the tooth size and arch size can lead to crowding or spacing of the teeth.
According to Moorrees and Reed, [1] the size of the teeth is dependent upon race and sex. Morphology of the teeth must be studied and understood completely as it affects dental arch development. The purpose of this study was to measure the mesiodistal and labiolingual dimensions of primary dentition in children of Chennai and Hyderabad.
| Materials and Methods | | |
This study was planned and carried out in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai. By conducting this study, we attempted to compare the morphological characteristics of primary dentition in school children from two cities, Chennai and Hyderabad. The study sample consisted of 200 children (100 boys and girls from Chennai and 100 boys and girls from Hyderabad), of age ranging from 3 to 5 years, from different schools [Figure 1].
The selection criteria were the following.
- Children with complete set of deciduous dentition
- Age of the children between 3 and 5 years
- No restoration of any kind present.
- No obvious loss of tooth material mesiodistally or buccolingually as a result of caries, fracture or excessive wear.
- Only fully erupted deciduous teeth were measured.
- No congenital absent or deformed teeth should be present.
The models of the complete deciduous dentition were prepared by taking alginate impressions and pouring immediately with dental stone. A digital caliper (DentagaugeTM 2, Erskine dental, New South Wales, Australia) was used to measure the mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of the teeth.
The mesiodistal crown width was measured as the greatest distance between the mesial and distal surfaces of the crown, parallel to the occlusal surface [Figure 2]. The buccolingual crown dimension was obtained by measuring the greatest distance between the buccal and lingual surface of the crown, perpendicular to the occlusal surface [Figure 3].
Measurements of the following five teeth on each side and in both dental arches were recorded in a proforma. The teeth measured were deciduous central incisor (A), deciduous lateral incisor (B), deciduous canine (C), deciduous first molar (D) and deciduous second molar in both the arches.
The data obtained were subjected to statistical analysis. The mean and standard deviation were estimated from the sample for each study group. The mean values were compared by either student's independent t-test or student's paired t-test appropriately. In the present study, P < 0.05 was considered as the level of significance.
Repeatability test was also done by randomly selecting five dental casts from the boys and five from the girls of each group (20 models). All the 20 casts were remeasured to assess the examiner reliability for the variables. These data were assessed using intraclass correlation coefficient test.
| Results | | |
The mean values and standard deviation of mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of primary teeth are given in [Table 1],[Table 2],[Table 3],[Table 4],[Table 5],[Table 6],[Table 7],[Table 8],[Table 9],[Table 10],[Table 11],[Table 12].
Dimensions of incisors
The mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of maxillary and mandibular incisors did not show any significant difference between the groups and right and left sides.
The mesiodistal dimensions of maxillary and mandibular incisors were greater in males than in females in group 1. The buccolingual dimensions of maxillary and mandibular incisors were greater in males than in females in group 1 except for mandibular lateral incisors.
The mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of maxillary and mandibular incisors were greater in males than in females in group 2 except for mandibular lateral incisors.
The buccolingual dimensions of maxillary and mandibular incisors in right and left sides did not show any significant difference between the sexes except for the maxillary left lateral incisors, which showed a significant difference in group 2.
Dimensions of canines
The mean mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of maxillary and mandibular canines showed a greater significant difference in group 1 than in group 2 except for the buccolingual dimensions of right and left mandibular canines.
The mean mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of maxillary and mandibular canines in group 1 did not show any significant difference between the sexes except for the right and left maxillary canines and left mandibular canine which showed a greater significant difference in males than in females.
The mean mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of maxillary and mandibular canines in group 2 showed a greater significant difference in males than in females except for the mesiodistal dimensions of mandibular right canines.
Dimensions of molars
The mesiodistal dimensions of maxillary and mandibular molars showed a greater significant difference in group 1 than in group 2 except for the maxillary right molars and maxillary left first molars.
The buccolingual dimension of maxillary and mandibular molars did not show any significant difference between group 1 and group 2 except for the maxillary right molars.
The mean mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of maxillary and mandibular molars in group 1 showed a greater significant difference in males than in females except for the mesiodistal dimensions of maxillary right molars and mandibular second molars.
The mesiodistal dimensions of maxillary and mandibular molars in group 2 showed a greater significant difference in males than in females except for the maxillary right molars, left second molars and mandibular right second molars.
The buccolingual dimensions of mandibular molars showed a greater significant difference in males than in females except for the buccolingual dimensions of maxillary molars.
In the mean mesiodistal and buccolingual crown dimensions, there was no statistically significant difference between right and left antemere teeth for all of the deciduous teeth in both the sexes.
There was a significant consistency or agreement of values within cases in the repeatability analysis for all the parameters estimated. The P value was <0.05
| Discussion | | |
Morphological characteristics' data of deciduous teeth are very valuable tools for pediatric dentists, orthodontists and anthropologists in treating malocclusion and in identification of the diseased in crimes. Many researches employed sliding caliper with a vernier scale to obtain the metrical data of the teeth, [2],[3],[4],[5] whereas in our study we used latest digital caliper. A study by Richardson and Malhotra [2] revealed that both the mean mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions were larger in boys than in girls. Black [6] in his study, proved the sexual dimorphism in the tooth crown diameter of the deciduous teeth. Abu Alhaija et al. [7] studied the mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of primary teeth in which males had greater dimensions than that of females. Margetts and Brown [8] showed that mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of the deciduous dentition of males were larger than that of females for all primary tooth types. The sexual dimorphism was less marked in primary teeth compared to that of permanent teeth. Tsai [3] revealed that mean mesiodistal crown dimensions of the deciduous canine, first and second molars and the mean buccolingual crown dimensions of the deciduous second molars in the both dental arches of boys were significantly larger than that of girls. The findings of Sugiyama [9] revealed that there were differences in the tooth size between Japanese and Chinese. The mean mesiodistal crown dimensions of the deciduous second molars of the both dental arches in Japanese were larger than in Chinese. The mean buccolingual crown dimensions of the maxillary deciduous incisors in Japanese were larger than in Chinese. However, the mandibular deciduous first molar was larger in Chinese than in Japanese. Primary teeth and permanent teeth in Caucasians were generally smaller than in northern Chinese. [4]
Anderson [10] evaluated the mesiodistal primary tooth size diameter in an African American population and compared it with existing African American and European American norms. He concluded that intra and interracial sex differences exist in the primary teeth of both children, with few exceptions. The mesiodistal crown size differences and sexual dimorphism appear to be larger for the African American children.
In our study, the deciduous canine and first primary molars have the greatest diameter in both dental arches of both sexes, whereas the maxillary lateral and mandibular central incisors in each arch of both sexes have the smallest diameter. The mean mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of group I (Chennai) showed a greater significant difference than that of group II. Similar results were reported by Sugiyama [9] The mean mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of group I males showed a greater significant difference than that of females. Similar results were reported by Richardson and Malhotra [2] and Black. [3] The mean mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of group II males showed a greater significant difference than that of females. Similar results were reported by Tsai. [3] In the mean mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions, there were no statistically significant differences between right and left teeth.
In our study there was statistical significant difference in the buccolingual diameter between genders in both the groups for mandibular canine. Moreover there was also a statistical significant difference in the buccolingual diameter between gender in group2 for mandibular first primary and second primary molar. Similar gender differences were also found in Taiwanese children for buccolingual diameter of second mandibular primary molar. [11]
Information about the sizes of primary teeth in Indian children is sparse. Hence, our findings from this study can serve as baseline values for the sizes of primary teeth in Indian children. These data about the sizes of primary teeth can be used in treatment planning regarding space management, operative dentistry and management of malocclusion.
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[Figure 1], [Figure 2], [Figure 3]
[Table 1], [Table 2], [Table 3], [Table 4], [Table 5], [Table 6], [Table 7], [Table 8], [Table 9], [Table 10], [Table 11], [Table 12]
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