Early human development · 2001
Permanent tooth crown dimensions in prematurely born children.
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Harila-Kaera V, Heikkinen T, Alvesalo L, Osborne R H
Аннотация
AIM: The aim was to examine the effect of preterm birth on permanent tooth crown dimensions.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data consisted of 328 prematurely born white and black children and 1804 control children who participated in the cross-sectional study of the Collaborative Perinatal Project (USA) in the early 1960s and 1970s. The dental examinations were carried out in a standardized fashion at ages varying from 6 to 12 years in 95% of cases. Tooth crown size measurements were performed on the dental casts with an electronic measuring device and readout by two experienced observers according to precise definitions generally quoted in the anthropological and genetic literature. The preterm and control groups were divided by sex and race.
RESULTS: The results show both increased and decreased tooth crown dimensions in the prematurely born children. Significantly increased dimensions were found in the means of the intercuspal distances of the first permanent molars in the white boys and in the mesiodistal dimensions (MD) of the lower lateral incisors and the upper left first molar in the black girls. By contrast, there were decreased intercuspal distances, MD and labiolingual (LL) tooth crown dimensions in the white girls and black boys. The statistical method used was the Mann-Whitney's U-test (Willcoxon Rank-Sums test).
CONCLUSIONS: The findings partly support previous reports of decreased tooth crown dimensions in preterm infants, but the increased dimensions found in the preterm white boys and black girls differ from earlier reports. Our results indicate the importance of environmental factors including neonatal factors in determining permanent tooth crown dimensions. Growth patterns, the buffering capacity and the timing of sensitive moments in tooth crown volume gain may vary between the sexes and ethnic groups and the possible effect of the accelerated growth period in preterm infants (catch-up growth) may influence the determination of permanent tooth crown dimensions.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data consisted of 328 prematurely born white and black children and 1804 control children who participated in the cross-sectional study of the Collaborative Perinatal Project (USA) in the early 1960s and 1970s. The dental examinations were carried out in a standardized fashion at ages varying from 6 to 12 years in 95% of cases. Tooth crown size measurements were performed on the dental casts with an electronic measuring device and readout by two experienced observers according to precise definitions generally quoted in the anthropological and genetic literature. The preterm and control groups were divided by sex and race.
RESULTS: The results show both increased and decreased tooth crown dimensions in the prematurely born children. Significantly increased dimensions were found in the means of the intercuspal distances of the first permanent molars in the white boys and in the mesiodistal dimensions (MD) of the lower lateral incisors and the upper left first molar in the black girls. By contrast, there were decreased intercuspal distances, MD and labiolingual (LL) tooth crown dimensions in the white girls and black boys. The statistical method used was the Mann-Whitney's U-test (Willcoxon Rank-Sums test).
CONCLUSIONS: The findings partly support previous reports of decreased tooth crown dimensions in preterm infants, but the increased dimensions found in the preterm white boys and black girls differ from earlier reports. Our results indicate the importance of environmental factors including neonatal factors in determining permanent tooth crown dimensions. Growth patterns, the buffering capacity and the timing of sensitive moments in tooth crown volume gain may vary between the sexes and ethnic groups and the possible effect of the accelerated growth period in preterm infants (catch-up growth) may influence the determination of permanent tooth crown dimensions.