Abstract
Although the simple mesiodistal and buccolingual crown dimensions have long been used in population comparisons and in the analysis of congenital malformation syndromes, there are also good reasons to employ the crown areas as an approximation of the chewing surface (BRACE, J Dent Res, 46:809, 1967; BRACE and MAHLER, Am J Phys Anthrop, 34:191, 1971 

Unfortunately normative values for crown areas of individual teeth or for the permanent dentition are not available, and there is no information on the extent to which sex discrimination can be improved by use of areas.
To resolve the problem we have made both individual and group determinations of crown areas (mesiodistal times buccolingual), computer-calculated, using pooled left and right sides from optical-measuring readouts as pre- 

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