Biomaterial Database

Prevalence of upper lip posture and incisor overjet. 1977

S Haynes

1,159 children (612 girls and 547 boys) aged 11-12 years were examined to determine the range and mean overjet values in four defined upper lip-maxillary central incisor relationships. No clinically significant differences were found on comparison of the data relative to each upper lip position. The findings suggest that upper lip posture is adaptive to the maxillary central incisor angulation and that the upper lip musculature is unlikely to influence the development of the incisor occlusion.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007180	Incisor	Any of the eight frontal teeth (four maxillary and four mandibular) having a sharp incisal edge for cutting food and a single root, which occurs in man both as a deciduous and a permanent tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p820)	Incisors
D008046	Lip	Either of the two fleshy, full-blooded margins of the mouth.	Philtrum,Lips,Philtrums
D008297	Male		Males
D008437	Maxilla	One of a pair of irregularly shaped bones that form the upper jaw. A maxillary bone provides tooth sockets for the superior teeth, forms part of the ORBIT, and contains the MAXILLARY SINUS.	Maxillae,Maxillary Bone,Bone, Maxillary,Bones, Maxillary,Maxillary Bones,Maxillas
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D003768	Dental Occlusion, Centric	Contact between opposing teeth during a person's habitual bite.	Centric Dental Occlusion,Occlusion, Centric Dental
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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