Anomalies of permanent tooth number in three Asian ethnicities

Qian Li; Chew Ming Tak; Yow Mimi; Wong Hung Chew; Kelvin Weng Chiong Foong

doi:10.21307/aoj-2020-100

Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Jan 2017)

Anomalies of permanent tooth number in three Asian ethnicities

Qian Li,
Chew Ming Tak,
Yow Mimi,
Wong Hung Chew,
Kelvin Weng Chiong Foong

Affiliations

Qian Li: *National Dental Centre Singapore, SingaporeSingapore
Chew Ming Tak: *National Dental Centre Singapore, SingaporeSingapore
Yow Mimi: *National Dental Centre Singapore, SingaporeSingapore
Wong Hung Chew: +Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, SingaporeSingapore
Kelvin Weng Chiong Foong: †Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, SingaporeSingapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/aoj-2020-100
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33, no. 2
pp. 212 – 219

Abstract

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The objective of this comparative study was to determine the proportion and distribution of tooth number anomalies in the permanent dentition in a sample of Chinese, Indian and Malay orthodontic patients in Singapore.

Published in Australasian Orthodontic Journal

ISSN: 2207-7480 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://sciendo.com/it/journal/AOJ

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