Correlation between Dental and Skeletal Maturity in Korean Children

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between stages calcification various teeth and skeletal maturity among Korean subjects. samples were derived from hand-wrist, panoramic radiographs, lateral cephalograms 743 subjects (359 males 384 females) with ages ranging 6 14 years. Calcification seven permanent mandibular on left side rated according system Demirjian. To evaluate stage maturation, hand-wrist radiographs analyzed by indicators (SMI) Fishman cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) method Baccetti. Statistically significant found dental Spearman rank-order correlation coefficients (r = 0.40-0.84, p < 0.001). second molar showed highest central incisor lowest for female male For both sexes, canine G F related SMI CS 3. Because high coefficients, suggests that tooth might be clinically useful as a indicator pubertal growth period in patients.