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Volume 6, Issue 9 (Suppl) Dentistry 2016
ISSN: 2161-1122 Dentistry, an open access journal Euro Dental Congress 2016
October 24-26, 2016
October 24-26, 2016 Rome, Italy
15th Euro Congress on
Dental & Oral Health
Petra Spevackova, Dentistry 2016, 6:9 (Suppl)
Morphology of posterior teeth as an indicator of healthy development: Different methods of its
measurement
Petra Spevackova
Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Morphology of posterior dentition can provide a complex source of information about issues of ontogenic, phylogenic as well as
clinical significance. According to inhibitory cascade model, it is supposed that the structures of occlusal area can be influenced
by the developmental perturbances and can result in a change of variability of tooth morphology. Bias and asymmetry of tooth
morphology can cause discomfort or malfunction with other possible implications for oral health. Our project is aimed on the
influence of individual development on the variability of posterior teeth size and shape but also on the comparison of different
methods of tooth morphology quantification. There are several possible ways to objectify the morphology of a tooth. The mesiodistal
and buccolingual linear dimensions are widely used. However, occlusal area of a tooth crown or area of primary cusps are examples
of other options and their use is facilitated with the advances in imaging technologies. Our sample consists of dental casts and their
virtual reproductions. We used 168 maxillary and mandibulary first molars from 42 individuals to measure their crown dimensions
and compare the ability of different dimensions to express the variability of teeth.
Biography
Petra Spevackova is a Doctoral student at the Department of Dentistry, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University in Prague.