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Tooth size discrepancy in a Libyan population, a cross-sectional study in schoolchildren

Iman BugaighisAli Borzabadi-farahaniDivakar Karanth

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endocrine systemeducation.field_of_studyOral Medicine and PathologyDescriptive statisticsCross-sectional studybusiness.industryResearchPopulationTooth size discrepancyMean ageOdontología:CIENCIAS MÉDICAS [UNESCO]Ciencias de la saludSexual dimorphismstomatognathic diseasesstomatognathic systemUNESCO::CIENCIAS MÉDICASMedicineeducationbusinessGeneral DentistryDemography

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Objetives: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the tooth size discrepancy (TSD) in a group of Libyan schoolchildren, and to compare TSD between sexes. Material and Methods: The sample comprised 333 Libyan schoolchildren (162 males with a mean (SD) age of 14.4 (1.1) years, and 171 females with a mean age of 14.1 (1.1) years). Anterior and overall TSD ratios were computed using descriptive statistics. Sex differences were statistically assessed using an independent t-test ( P 0.05). The percentages of participants showing more than 2 SD variation for the anterior and overall ratios comprised 3% and 4.2% of the total sample, respectively. Conclusions: The anterior and overall TSD ratios for the examined subjects were established and showed no signi - ficant sexual dimorphis

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2014-06-25
http://hdl.handle.net/10550/42373