Use of nasal width to estimate the mesio-distal widths of maxillary anterior teeth in a Kenyan population of African descent
Date
2016-09Author
Ariemba, RM
Maina, SW
Gathece, LW
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ArticleLanguage
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Objective: To investigate the relationship between the nasal width and the mesio-distal
widths of the maxillary anterior teeth in Kenyans of African descent.
Study design: Descriptive cross-sectional study
Setting: College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Subjects: One hundred and forty six undergraduate and postgraduate students aged
18-30 years were recruited into the study.
Results: Out of the 146 participants, 78 (53.4%) were males and the rest were females.
The overallmeannasal width was 39.54 ± 3.61mm with males having significantly higher
mean values compared to females (41.37 ± 3.04mm and 37.45 ± 3.05mm respectively),
(t=7.75, p<0.05).The mean of the combined mesio-distal width of the anterior teeth
(CMDWAT) was 47.68 ± 2.55mm with males having significantly higher mean values
(48.12±2.49mm)comparedtothefemales(47.16±2.55mm),(t=2.30,p<0.05).Astatistically
significant but weak positive correlation was found between the NW and CMDWAT
(r=0.26, r2=0.07, p<0.05).
Conclusion: The results suggest a very weak positive correlation between NW and
CMDWAT and NW was reliable in estimating the CMDWAT in only 7% of the
population. Therefore, NW may not be a reliable guide when used to estimate the
CMDWAT in the population studied.
Citation
East African Medical Journal, Vol 93, No 9 (2016)Publisher
KMA
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