IntrOductIOn The mouth has fittingly been identified as the organ system, “where it all begins”. For, in the final Forensic analysis, the human dentition may have “the last word” [1]. Forensic science relies upon use of teeth and jaws as a means of identification. Teeth are more likely to survive trauma than any other part of the body [2]. They can be used for gender identification as differenc...

Background: Variation in tooth size is influenced by genetics and environmental factors. To improve the quality of dental care available, data is required on the Mesiodistal crown dimensions of the teeth of Punjab population. Materials and Methods: The study sample consisted of study casts of 300 subjects (150 males; 150 females) with an age range of 12-14 years of Punjab population. Alginate I...

OBJECTIVE To observe the difference in dimension of teeth among adult females with and without malocclusion. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted at Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, from April 2011 to April 2013, and used non-probability consecutive sampling. Mesiodistal and buccolingual crown dimensions were mea...

An in vitro study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of bracket placement for direct and indirect bonding techniques. Nineteen sets of duplicated Class II malocclusion models were divided into three groups: (1) one set for ideal bracket placement, (2) nine sets for direct bonding on mannequins, and (3) nine sets for indirect bonding. Both direct and indirect bonding were performed on all te...

Ectodermal organs, such as the tooth, salivary gland, hair, and mammary gland, develop through reciprocal epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Tooth morphologies are defined by the crown width and tooth length (macro-morphologies), and by the number and locations of the cusp and roots (micro-morphologies). In our current study, we report that the crown width of a bioengineered molar tooth, whic...

The aim of this study was to investigate tooth size and morphology in subjects with unilateral cleft palate (UCLP), bilateral cleft palate (BCLP), and isolated cleft palate (ICP) living in the north of England and to compare these with a control group. The measurements were undertaken retrospectively using dental study casts. To assess tooth size, the mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of ...

Background Impacted third molars may be responsible for various problems within the oral cavity. Impaction may be due to inadequate space or varied angulations. Assessment of variables contributing for impaction may influence the fate of impacted third molars. MethodologyRetrospective analysis of panoramic radiographs of adolescents in Indian population subpopulation was done to evaluate angula...

The aim of this study was to re-examine Leon Williams geometric theory and to find the degree of correspondence between the face and the tooth form in the population of Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two thousand individuals with intact frontal teeth, in age between 17 and 24 years, were measured for 3 horizontal distances on the face: temporal width (Ft-Ft), zygomatic width (Zyg-Zyg) and goni...