Dental arch form and arch dimensions among a group of Egyptian children and adolescents

• Published in: Bulletin of the National Research Centre Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Sharaf, Rasha F., Radwan, Ehab, Salem, Ghada A., Abou El-yazeed, Mohamed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 11.07.2022; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Adolescents; Arch form; Arch length; Biological activity; Children; Dental occlusion; Dentistry; Dentition; Egyptian children; Humanities and Social Sciences; Intercanine width; Intermolar width; Mandible; Maxilla; multidisciplinary; Occlusion; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Teenagers; Teeth; Intermolar width; Arch form; Egyptian children; Arch length; Intercanine width

Background Growth and development of the dental arch is considered a continuous and complex biological process. During transition from primary to mixed then to permanent dentition, dental arch form, length and width vary, due to tooth movement and vertical growth of alveolar process. These naturally...