THE STUDY ON ERUPTION PATTERN OF MANDIBULAR ANTERIOR TEETH BY ORTHOPANTOMOGRAPHY

Orthopantography에 의한 하악전치 붕출양상에 관한 연구

The author observed the eruption pattern of mandibular anterior teeth by orthopantonography taken by children who came to pedodontic department, school of dentistry, S.N.U. and then got the following results. 1) In the degree of eruption pattern of anterior teeth, female is slightly faster than male. 2) Eruption pattern of central incisors was similar to lateral incisor, but the degree of lateral incisors movement was more severe. 3) Eruption pattern of canine was out of normal process when the adjacent teeth were abscence and there was not distal movement such as in maxillary canine.