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Correlation between chronological age, cervical vertebral maturation and Fishman's skeletal maturity indicators in Chennai population

Dinesh Babu a, Balashanmugam Baskaranarayananb , Karunanidhi c, Manonmani Arumugamd

a Assistant Professor, ICH&HC,Chennai, bProfessor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Tamilnadu Government Dental College  and Hospital, Chennai, India, cDean, Madha Dental College and Hospital, Kundrathur, Chennai, d Private Practitioner, Bengaluru 

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Dr. Balashanmugam Baskaranarayanan 8-B, Crescent Road, Shenoynagar Chennai- 600 030, Tamilnadu, India. E-Mail: balasorthodontics@gmail.com

Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Page no. 55-61,
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Abstract

This was a study conducted in the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics at Government Dental College & Hospital. The study was designed to determine the correlation between chronological age, cervical vertebrae maturation and Hand - Wrist maturation stages in Chennai population. The study included a total of 500 patients (250 males and 250 females) belonging to age group of 9 to 16 years.

The results indicated that there was a high correlation between chronological age and stage V in Hand –Wrist; and maturation stage in Cervical Vertebrae (p=0.0 18) ,whereas low correlation was seen between chronological age and other stages in both Hand-Wrist and cervical vertebrae stages. This lead to the conclusion that chronological age, taken alone is a poor indicator of skeletal maturity, and should be supplemented with the analysis of hand wrist and cervical vertebral maturation.

<p>This was a study conducted in the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics at Government Dental College &amp; Hospital. The study was designed to determine the correlation between chronological age, cervical vertebrae maturation and Hand - Wrist maturation stages in Chennai population. The study included a total of 500 patients (250 males and 250 females) belonging to age group of 9 to 16 years.</p> <p>The results indicated that there was a high correlation between chronological age and stage V in Hand &ndash;Wrist; and maturation stage in Cervical Vertebrae (p=0.0 18) ,whereas low correlation was seen between chronological age and other stages in both Hand-Wrist and cervical vertebrae stages. This lead to the conclusion that chronological age, taken alone is a poor indicator of skeletal maturity, and should be supplemented with the analysis of hand wrist and cervical vertebral maturation.</p>
Keywords
Hand-wrist radiograph, cervical vertebrae maturation, chronological age, circumpubertal period
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