EVALUATION OF THE NEED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK PATIENTS IN PREDICTING THE COMBINED MESIODISTAL CROWN WIDTH OF CANINES AND PREMOLARS AVALIAÇÃO DA NECESSIDADE DE DISTINÇÃO ENTRE PACIENTES BRANCOS E NEGROS QUANDO DA ESTIMATIVA DA LARGURA MESIODISTAL COMBINADA DA COROA DE CANINOS E PRÉ-MOLARES

ABSTRACTRESUMO EVALUATION OF THE NEED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEENWHITE AND BLACK PATIENTS IN PREDICTING THECOMBINED MESIODISTAL CROWN WIDTH OF CANINESAND PREMOLARS AVALIACAO DA NECESSIDADE DE DISTINCAO ENTRE PACIENTES BRANCOS E NEGROSQUANDO DA ESTIMATIVA DA LARGURA MESIODISTAL COMBINADA DA COROA DECANINOS E PRE-MOLARES Etenildo Dantas CABRAL 1 ,Joanna Martins Novais BARBOSA 2 ,Ludmila Galindo Franca de OLIVEIRA 3 1- DDS, MSc, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Anatomy, Federal University of Pernambuco.2- DDS, Graduate student, Department of Anatomy, Federal University of Pernambuco.3- DDS, Resident at the Interceptive Orthodontics Course of the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of Sao Paulo,Bauru, Brazil. Corresponding address: Etenildo Cabral - Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Anatomy - Cidade Universitaria, Recife,Pernambuco, Brazil - Cep.: 50740-530 - Phone: 2126 8555 - e-mail: etenildo@rce.neoline.com.br Received: December 13, 2005 - Modification: April 10, 2006 - Accepted: August 08, 2006