Variation in dental occlusion and arches among melanesians of bougainville island, papua New Guinea. I. Methods, age changes, sex differences and population comparisons

Variation in dental occlusion and arches

Variation in dental occlusion and arches among melanesians of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. II. Clinal variation, geographic microdifferentiation and synthesis

✍ Richard J. Smith; Donald Kolakowski; Howard L. Bailit 📂 Article 📅 1978 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 728 KB

## Abstract Patterns of geographic microdifferentiation for dental occlusion and the size and shape of the dental arches are described for 14 villages on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. Occlusal variables, such as overjet, overbite, molar relationships, crowding or spacing, and malalignment