A comparative evaluation of dental calcification stages and skeletal maturity indicators in North-Indian children
Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Many researchers have reported relationships between the calcification stages of individual teeth and skeletal maturity. A few studies are available in the literature about Indian populations. In view of this fact, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between the dental calcification stages and skeletal maturity stages among North-Indian individuals. The objective of this study was to determine whether dental calcification can be used as a first-level diagnostic tool for assessment of skeletal maturity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: . Skeletal maturity indicators stages were determined using the Fishman method. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Bivarate correlation ranged from 0.58 to 0.75 for males and 0.73 to 0.84 for females. Canine showed the highest correlation in males and second molar showed the highest correlation in females. Canine calcification Stage H represent prepeak of the pubertal growth spurt in male patients. Calcification Stage G for second molar represents the prepeak and Stage H represents the peak of pubertal growth spurt in females.
Authors: Vijayta Yadav, Anju Loomba, Ram Autar
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2733296223