Hypotrophic Roots of the Upper Central Incisors –a Proposed New Discrete Dental Trait
This paper describes a newly defined nonmetric trait in the human dentition, i.e., Hypotrophic Roots of the Upper Central Incisors (HRUCI). Teeth presenting HRUCI are characterized by abnormally short roots whose crowns exhibit no apparent morphological alterations. The trait was observed in six sam...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dental Anthropology Association
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Dental Anthropology |
| Online Access: | http://journal.dentalanthropology.org/index.php/jda/article/view/54/38 |