A study of teeth mobility in healthy chinese young people / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

?Objective: To study the difference in the mobility of health teeth between Chinese young male and female. Methods: Tooth mobility (TM) of all teeth at right side was measured with FX 1 TM measuring system in 100 young males and 100 young females of Han nationality.Slope (K) value was calculated from the measurements. Results: TM values of the teeth in the females were significantly heigher than those in males ( P 0.05) Conclusion: Difference in tooth mobility exists between healthy young male and female of Chinese Han nationality.