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Revista Cubana de Estomatología
versión impresa ISSN 0034-7507versión On-line ISSN 1561-297X
Resumen
TOLEDO MAYARI, Gladia y OTANO LUGO, Rigoberto. A simplified method to determine the potential growth in Orthodontics patients. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2010, vol.47, n.2, pp.134-142. ISSN 0034-7507.
A cross-sectional technological innovation research was conducted to tender a simplified method to determine the potential growth of 150 Orthodontics patients aged between 8 and 16 admitted in the Orthodontics Clinic from the Stomatology of Ciudad de La Habana in 2004 and 2006. Each patient underwent left hand X-ray and for the first time in Cuba and in the same sample it was possible to study three assessment methods of potential growth (TW2 Method, Grave and Brown and stage determination of maturation of middle phalanx of third finger). After determination, we estimated the correlation and concordance among them, noting high correlation coefficients (rho females= 0,888 and rho= males 0,921) and of concordance (Kappa females= 1,000 and Kappa males= 0,964). We conclude that the assessment of potential growth in Orthodontics patients may be conducted by X-ray of middle phalanx of third finger of left hand being a simplified method to this end.
Palabras clave : Potential growth; stage determination of skeletal maturation; middle phalanx of third finger.