A Simple Mathematical Study of Anterior Dental Relations: Part I

Abstract

Anmathematical study of the anterior dental relations could provide a rationale for the work of Neff and Bolton. Bolton used normal occlusions of permanent teeth to obtain his range of comparisons of tooth width ratios; a model that needs no normals is described in this study. Use of this model and its development could support or disprove forther hypotheses regarding anterior occlusion. Manipulation of the model could allow a means of estimating the influence of several dental measurement variables on the relation between upper and lower dental arches.

Keywords

• mathematics
• archform
• overjet
• tooth width