| Abstrakt: |
Anthropology is the scieentific study of the physical, social and cultural development and behavior of human beings since their appearnce on the earth. Anthropology studies the whole of the human condition, past, present, future, biology, society, language, culture. Dental anthropology is the study of teeth in a perspective beyond clinical science. That perspective includes the study of dental growth, theories on dental origin, primate dentition, and population variation. The paper provides important information and a systematic overview of the classification of anthropology: physical anthropology and cultural anthropology and their subdivisions. Different aspects and terminology of dental anthropology as dental development, dental pathology, dental morphology, forensic odontology and odontometry are analyzed and described in detail. The article focuses on the anthropometrics in orthodontics, cephalometric procedures and instruments of various measurements. Anthropology not only provides an insight into the human evolution but also gives us a better understanding of the development of malocclusion and the probable etiology behind it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
