Visual assessment of the cervical vertebral maturation stages: A study of diagnostic accuracy and repeatability.

Conclusions: Visual assessment of the CVM stages is accurate and repeatable to a satisfactory level. About one in three cases remain misclassified; disagreement is generally limited to one stage and is mostly seen in stages 4 and 5. PMID: 24665865 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24665865?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - March 25, 2014 Category: Dentistry Authors: Perinetti G, Caprioglio A, Contardo L Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research

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