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Home Correlations between skeletal maturity and dental calcification stages in Korean children

Correlations between skeletal maturity and dental calcification stages in Korean children

Authors:

  • M. J. Jeong
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • K. E. Lee
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Y. K. Chae
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • O. H. Nam
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • H. S. Lee
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • S. C. Choi
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2022.23.02.03

ABSTRACT


Aim

To evaluate the relationship between dental calcification and skeletal maturity and to identify the tooth with the highest correlation with skeletal maturity index in Korean children.

Material and methods

For 447 children (205 boys and 242 girls) aged between 5 and 13 years, hand-wrist and lateral cephalometric radiographs were taken to assess skeletal maturity by Fishman’s skeletal maturity indicators (SMI) and Baccetti’s cervical vertebrae maturation (CVM) stages. Dental panoramic radiographs were taken to assess dental maturity of the permanent mandibular canine, first and second premolar, and second molar using the method devised by Dermirjian.

Results

Significant correlations of dental calcification stages with SMI and CVM were found in all teeth examined (all p <0.05). The strongest correlations were found for the first premolars in correlation analyses (r = 0.780 for SMI and 0.748 for CVM among boys; 0.812 for SMI and 0.725 for CVM among girls) and receiver operating characteristic curve analyses (area under the curve = 0,919–0,944 for SMI and 0.791–0.900 for CVM among boys; 0.923–0.928 for SMI and 0.820–0.886 for CVM among girls).

Conclusion

Dental calcification stages determined by panoramic radiographs can be clinically used as useful indices to predict skeletal maturity in Korean children.

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Publication date:

June /2022

Keywords:

Cervical Vertebrae Maturation stage, Dental calcification, Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, Skeletal Maturity Indicators

Issue:

Vol.23 – n.2/2022

Page:

101 – 105

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Topic:

Developing dentition and occlusion in paediatric dentistry

Cite:


Harvard: M. J. Jeong, K. E. Lee, Y. K. Chae, O. H. Nam, H. S. Lee, S. C. Choi (2022) "Correlations between skeletal maturity and dental calcification stages in Korean children", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 23(2), pp101-105. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2022.23.02.03
Vancouver: M. J. Jeong, K. E. Lee, Y. K. Chae, O. H. Nam, H. S. Lee, S. C. Choi. Correlations between skeletal maturity and dental calcification stages in Korean children. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2022Jun.17 [cited 2025Jun.20];23(2):101-105. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/correlations-between-skeletal-maturity-and-dental-calcification-stages-in-korean-children/
MLA: M. J. Jeong, K. E. Lee, Y. K. Chae, O. H. Nam, H. S. Lee, S. C. Choi Correlations between skeletal maturity and dental calcification stages in Korean children. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2022;23(2):101-105

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