Abstract

TOLEDO MAYARI, Gladia  and  OTANO LUGO, Rigoberto. Concordance among skeletal maturation stages and dental calcification stages. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2010, vol.47, n.2, pp. 207-214. ISSN 1561-297X.

A cross-sectional research was conducted related to a technological innovation to verify that in Orthodontics patients it is possible to obviate the left hand X-ray in assessment of the potential growth in 150 patients aged 8 and 16 seen in the Orthodontics Clinic of Stomatology Faculty of La Habana City between 2004 and 2006. In each patient we made an X-ray of left hand determining the skeletal maturation stages by Grave and Brown method and a panoramic or periapical X-ray of the left mandibular hemiarcade where it was possible to determine the calcification stages of left mandibular canine and second premolars by Demirjian et al method. Concordance among assessed methods was estimated noting high concordance coefficients greater in male sex and in canine (Kappa= 0,913). We conclude that in assessment of potential growth of Orthodontics patients the left hand X-ray may be replaced by periapical X-rays of left mandibular canine and second premolars, allowing the carrying out of X-rays in the Stomatology service with its benefits related to a better patient's care and saving of resources.

Keywords : Potential growth; skeletal maturation stages; dental calcification stages.

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