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A Longitudinal Study Of Mesiodistal Crown Diameters In Human Primary And Permanent Dentitions, Randall S. Asher
A Longitudinal Study Of Mesiodistal Crown Diameters In Human Primary And Permanent Dentitions, Randall S. Asher
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Dental practitioners treating children are often faced with the question of when to initiate orthodontic treatment. Preventive and interceptive orthodontics encourage treatment of young patients to guide developing malocclusions into functional and aesthetic harmony. Success in early orthodontic treatment depends on accurate diagnosis. Dimensional growth of the arches anterior to the first permanent molar is essentially complete by the age of eight, years of age. 24 Therefore, two important factors in dentition alignment may be the arch length anterior to the first permanent molars and the mesiodistal crown diameter (MDCD) of the permanent teeth in the arch.
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