Study on the classification of periodontal phenotype based on crown forms and gingival characteristics / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

87 periodontally healthy young volunteers paticipated in the study.4 clinical parameters were measuredGingival thickness (GT),gingival width (GW),papilla height (PH) and crown width/crown length ratio (CW/CL).Cluster analysis was employed to identify the periodontal phenotypes.As a result,the periodontal phenotype of maxillary anterior tooth was classified as thin fan type (Ⅰ,n =31),thick and wide type(Ⅲ,n =8) and intermediate type(Ⅱ,n =48) in Han Chinese.