INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY OF MORPHOLOGICAL DENTAL PARAMETERS IN ADULT MEN

Abstract

Relevance and purpose. The purpose of the study is to review the basic laws of variability in the dimensional characteristics of teeth in men at the first and second stages of adulthood. Materials and methods. The object of the study is a group of 103 males aged from 22 to 60. The authors have studied the following morphometric parameters of the teeth: the clinical crown height, the mesiodistal and vestibulo-lingual crown diameters. Results. Based on the measurement results, the authors have compared the size of the teeth of the maxilla and mandible in men, depending on the participants' age. The given morphometric parameters (height, thickness and width of the crown) are among the determining ones in functional disorders of the dentofacial system. These values characterize the area and volume of wear of hard tooth tissues. Conclusions. The values of the mesiodistal and vestibulo-lingual diameters and the height of the tooth clinical crown vary depending on the age of the participants. The crown width in the mandibular incisors and molars decreases significantly from the first stage of adulthood to the second stage of adulthood. The crown thickness increases from the first stage of adulthood to the second stage of adulthood in the second maxillary premolars and molars and in the first mandibular premolars and molars. The height of the clinical crown decreases statistically significantly from the first stage of adulthood to the second stage of adulthood in the maxillary medial incisors, the first mandibular premolars and mandibular molars.