Authors
1 Associate Professor of Orthodontics, Faculty of dentistry and Dental Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
2 Postgraduate student of Orthodontics, Faculty of dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract
Aim: Determination of overall and anterior Bolton ratios in people having normal occlusion in Iran and checking the effect of sexuality upon Bolton ratios in the aforementioned population and pinpointing the ability to apply normal quantities offered by Bolton in the Iranian population.
Materials and methods: The study is a cross-sectional descriptive one by surveying study casts provided from 56 high school students (28 boys and 28 girls) having normal occlusions. Bolton ratios were considered in boys and girls separately. Statistical computations were conducted according to student t-test.
Results: The total mesiodistal width of 12 permanent teeth and 6 anterior teeth in boys exceeded that of girls however this discrepancy has not statistically significant difference. The quantity of the overall and anterior Bolton ratios did not have statistically significant differences in boys and girls. The mean and standard deviation of the overall and anterior ratios in Iranian population were 91.58±2.03% and 77.73±3.17% which did not have statistically significant differences from the normal quantities offered by Bolton (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The normal ratios offered by Bolton can be used in the Iranian boys and girls needing orthodontic treatments.
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