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Genetics and oral health *
Author(s) -
Pearn John,
Gage John
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1987.tb01265.x
Subject(s) - mendelian inheritance , oral health , genetics , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , biology , multifactorial inheritance , chromosome , dentistry , dental anomalies , medicine , gene , genotype , single nucleotide polymorphism
Genetic factors determine the potential of the final morphology of the teeth and jaws, and of the primary and secondary palates, the resistance to caries, and the composition of heritable components of saliva. Recent developments in chromosome analysis have augmented the interpretation of some genetic factors in dentistry, and have expanded concepts of simple Mendelian genetics, and of polygenic inheritance. This paper reviews some significant examples of monogenically‐determined dental disease, presents a check‐list of chromosome abnormalities with their related oro‐dental anomalies, and discusses the influence of polygenetically‐determined conditions in the maintenance of dental health.