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Winter 2003: Volume 28, Number 2
 
Clinical Research for a Better Practice

A study of growth changes in the mandible from deciduous to permanent dentition
Hung-Huey Tsai

This cross-sectional study investigated mandibular developmental changes in untreated normal
Taiwanese from the deciduous to permanent dentition. Differences in the mean values for ramus height and body length between males and females were statistically significant after eruption of the permanent second molars. SNB angles significantly increased and gonial and L1-MP angles significantly decreased from deciduous to permanent dentition in both sexes. The SN-MP angle in females significantly decreased and ramus inclination in males significantly increased from the early mixed to permanent dentition.
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