• Yousef H Al-Dlaigan, Nasser D Alqahtani, Khalid Almoammar, Thikriat Al-Jewair, Fahad Bin Salamah, Mohamme Alswilem, and Sahar F Albarakati.
• Yousef H. Al-Dlaigan, BDS, MS, Cert Pedia, PhD. College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2015 Nov 1; 31 (6): 139914041399-404.

ObjectivesTo evaluate the applicability of Moyers probability tables and to formulate more accurate mixed dentition prediction tables in the Saudi population.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted at the College of Dentistry, Kind Saud University, Saudi Arabia. The data were collected from 410 (203 males and 207 females) orthodontic study models, which had erupted mandibular permanent incisors, maxillary, mandibular canines and premolars. The mesiodistal widths were measured using a digital caliper with an accuracy of 0.01 mm. Student's paired t-test was used to compare the mean width values derived from this study with the values derived using the Moyers table. Simple linear regression was used to evaluate the linear relationship between the combined mesiodistal widths of the mandibular permanent incisors and the canine-premolar segments in each dental arch.ResultsThe regression equations for the maxillary canine-premolar segment (males: Y=10.27+0.48X; females: Y=11.71 + 0.39X) and the mandibular canine-premolar segment (males: Y=9.71 + 0.40X; females: 11.28 + 0.39X) were used to formulate new probability tables on the Moyers pattern. Statistically significant differences were observed between predicted widths in our subjects and the widths obtained using Moyers tables.ConclusionsThe new prediction tables derived in this study provided a more precise mixed dentition space analysis than Moyers prediction tables in estimating tooth dimensions in the Saudi population.

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