AIM The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hand-wrist skeletal age, chronological age and cervical skeletal age as assessed by lateral cephalometric radiograph. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lateral cephalometric and left hand-wrist radiographs of 393 Caucasian children from 8 to 18 years old were evaluated. On the hand-wrist radiographs average values of the children's...

Abstract Skeletal class III malocclusion is one of the most challenging conditions in clinical dental practice. Various treatment options are available for management condition such as reverse twin block appliance, facemask chin cup therapy, bone anchorage maxillary protraction device, and tandem traction bow appliance. However, timing controversial. There various advantages disadvantages follo...

Skeletal muscle represents over 40% of the body and is important for metabolism, exercise, movement [...]

introduction: osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease and several factors are involved in development and progression of the disease. the aim of this study was to increase our understanding of the relation between age, weight, bmi, postmenopausal age and bone mineral density in post menopause women. methods: 240 azarbaijani women aged 50-70 years having inclusion criteria were recruited. bone ...