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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Jul 1981

Age Changes in Incisal Inclination of American Black and White Children

Page Range: 227 – 240
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1981)051<0227:ACIIIO>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

Inter-incisal angles and linear Protrusion of upper and lower incisors are evaluated for Black and White children between ages 5 and 18. Significant population-related differences are reported at all ages. Relationships change with age, following patterns related to both race and sex.

Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Dr. Nass is a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Orthodontics and lecturer in the department of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut. She holds a certificate in English from Cambridge University, a B.A. degree from George Washington University at Washington, D.C., and M.A. and Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison

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