[Planning a replacement for the mandibular condyle based on anthropologic findings]

The sizes of the bilateral capitulum of 467 jaws coming a paleoanthropological collection were evaluated by computer and statistically processed. No essential size differences were found between the right and the left side. Deviations between groups of men and women proved to be significant from a statistical point of view. However, practically, they were found insignificant for composing average jaw capitulum series of five pieces. The data help to design jaw capitulum prostheses and the making of their wax models.