A ranking scale of the susceptibility to loss of various types of teeth as an additional aid to the decision for the extraction of permanent teeth in orthodontic treatments
Dorsch, C.
Stomatologie der DDR 28(3): 173-175
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0302-4725 PMID: 274839 Document Number: 130140
A statistically established rank scale of the predisposition to decay of the different types of teeth permits to evaluate more exactly the sacrifice of masticatory units in orthodontically indicated tooth extraction. Thus, in case of doubt, it gives additional advice on the choice of the teeth to be removed.