Casts of 180 Korean male and female with normal occulsion of early permanent dentition (from dental age of Hellman-lf C, to N A) were studied to measure the mesiodistal crown diameters and to calculate the coefficients of correlation between the teeth.
From the study, the following conclusions were made:
1. Mesiodistal dimension; of maxillary central incisors, canines, first molars and mandibular canines, first premolars, second premolars and first molars of male are larger than that of female.
2. Korean teeth are roughly intermediate between those of American Caucasian and those of American Negro.
3. In both sexes, the relation between the first and second premolars appeared highly correlated not only in the maxillary arch but also in the mandibular arch,´ and the relation between the central incisor´ and lateral incisor appeared highly correlated in the mandibular arch.
4. The relation between the maxillary and mandibular first premolars appeared highly correlated in both sex, and the relation between the maxillary canine and mandibular canine in male as well as between the maxillary central incisor and mandibular central incisor in female appeared highly correlated.
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