Ancestry and dental development: A geographic and genetic perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In this study, we investigated the influence of ancestry on dental development in the Generation R Study.

Methods

Information on geographic ancestry was available in 3,600 children (1,810 boys and 1,790 girls, mean age 9.81 ± 0.35 years) and information about genetic ancestry was available in 2,786 children (1,387 boys and 1,399 girls, mean age 9.82 ± 0.34 years). Dental development was assessed in all children using the Demirjian method. The associations of geographic ancestry (Cape Verdean, Moroccan, Turkish, Dutch Antillean, Surinamese Creole and Surinamese Hindustani vs Dutch as the reference group) and genetic content of ancestry (European, African or Asian) with dental development was analyzed using linear regression models.

Results

In a geographic per

SUBMITTER: Dhamo B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5813218 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature