Correlation between Digitally Assessed Dental and Skeletal Maturity Methods in Pediatric Dental Patients

Khatab, Arafa M.; Ibrahim, Shereen. A.; Abou-Alnour, Dalia

doi:10.21608/aadj.2023.326284

Correlation between Digitally Assessed Dental and Skeletal Maturity Methods in Pediatric Dental Patients

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of pediatric dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Tanta University, Egyp

² Department of Orthodontics,, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Fayoum university, Egypt.

³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Modern University for Technology and information (MTI), Egypt

10.21608/aadj.2023.326284

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the correlation between dental
maturity stages and CVMS digitally wise Subjects and Methods: The present
retrospective study was conducted on digital Panoramic and lateral cephalometric
radiographs obtained from 50 pediatric patients (24 males and 26 females) at active
growth period from 7 to 12 years with a mean age of 9.32y. Inclusion criteria included
availability of radiographs with adequate quality denoting the patients complete
mandibular teeth set either erupted or unerupted. Exclusion criteria included any
medical history affecting the teeth development, bony pathological condition, any
missed mandibular permanent tooth except the wisdom ones and distorted radiographic
images. Results: There is a positive correlation between dental maturity stages and
CVM. Females had higher correlation coefficient than males. Dental maturation stages,
F, G, and H, seemed to be more frequent and appeared earlier in females. In the current
study; the mandibular second premolar tooth advancement had the highest correlation
coefficient with the maturation stages of the cervical vertebra among male participants
(0.649), among female participants; the advancement of mandibular first premolar
tooth shown the highest correlation coefficient with CVMS (0.720). Dental maturation
stage F showed the highest correlation with CVMS 2 among females and males.
Conclusion: There is a high correlation between the tooth calcification stages and
CVM stages regarding the pediatric Egyptian patients, where CVM stage2- F dental
maturation stage showed the highest correlation among both females and males

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