The Open Anthropology Journal

2008, 1 : 19-25
Published online 2008 July 11. DOI: 10.2174/1874912700801010019
Publisher ID: TOANTHJ-1-19

Incisal Morphology of Southern Chinese

John Y.K. Ling and Ricky W.K. Wong
2/F, Orthodontics, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, 34 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, China.

ABSTRACT

Aim:

To investigate the dental morphology of incisors of the Southern Chinese and compare these with studies in different populations.

Materials and Methods:

The dental morphology of study casts of an unselected sample from a 12 year old Hong Kong Oral Health Survey of 12 year old children (n=459; 295 boys and 164 girls) were studied.

Results:

The moderate types of shovel-shaped central incisors were prevalent in the Southern Chinese, whereas the pronounced type of shovel-shaped incisors were more prevalent in the Taiwan Chinese.

Conclusion:

The Southern Chinese shows a lesser degree of shoveling than the other Chinese populations.

Keywords:

Dental morphology, Southern Chinese.