쌍생아의 치열궁크기에 관한 유전학적 연구

A GENETIC SRTUDY ON THE DIMENSION OF DENTAL ARCHES IN TWINS

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of genetics of the dimensions of dental arches in twins. Thirty-four pairs of Korean twins, of which twenty-three were monozygotic and eleven dizygotic, participated in the study. The twins ranged in age from 6 years to 12 years with mixed dentition. The results were as follows: 1) No significant differences were observed between male and female in mean interpair diffenences of monozygotic twins. 2) Mean interpair differences of monozygotic twins were lesser than these of dizygotic twins. 3) Highly significiant zygotic differences were observed in the mean interpair differences of the width of upper and lower dental arch. This suggest that there is a significant component of hereditary variability.