The diastemas in deciduous dentition: the relationship to the tooth size and the dental arches dimensions
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M Facal-García1, de Nova-García, D Suárez-Quintanilla
1Department of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, U.S.C. Santiago de Compostela Dental School, Spain. miguelfacal@ctv.es
The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
|November 2, 2001
Abstract:
Tooth size and different arch parameters were studied for influence in the presence or absence of diastemas in the primary dentition. The size of teeth scarcely influences the presence or absence of diastemas, but the dental arch dimensions are closely connected with diastemas.
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