Bonwill’s Triangle in Greek Human Mandibles

Fotoula Nikolopoulou, Anestis Xrysostomidis, Xristina Psari, Maria Piagkou and Theodoros Troupis
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Fotoula Nikolopoulou: Assistant Professor Dental School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Xristina Psari: Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Maria Piagkou: Assistant Professor, Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Theodoros Troupis: Associate Professor of Anatomy, Chair of the Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Advances in Dentistry & Oral Health, 2019, vol. 11, issue 4, 123-125

Abstract: In 1858 an American dentist, G Bonwill described an equilateral triangle, which was the basis for Bonwill’s theory of occlusion. The equilateral triangle had 100mm [4inches] formed by lines joining the medial contact point of the incisors and the centers of the mandibular condyles [1,2]. Bonwill based this theory on measurements of 6.000 skulls and 4.000 living persons [3]. A literature review shows that the ideal arch is considered to be symmetrical.

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/ADOH.2019.11.555816

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