Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Four Loci Associated with Eruption of Permanent Teeth

The sequence and timing of permanent tooth eruption is thought to be highly heritable and can have important implications for the risk of malocclusion, crowding, and periodontal disease. We conducted a genome-wide association study of number of permanent teeth erupted between age 6 and 14 years, ana...

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Main Authors: Geller, Frank, Feenstra, Bjarke, Zhang, Hao, Shaffer, John R., Hansen, Thomas, Esserlind, Ann-Louise, Boyd, Heather A., Nohr, Ellen A., Timpson, Nicholas J., Fatemifar, Ghazaleh, Paternoster, Lavinia, Evans, David M., Weyant, Robert J., Levy, Steven M., Lathrop, Mark, Smith, George Davey, Murray, Jeffrey C., Olesen, Jes, Werge, Thomas, Marazita, Mary L., Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Melbye, Mads
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169538/