Diagnostic performance of eruption stages for identification of skeletal maturity.

CONCLUSION: In treatment planning for cases that require identifying the growth peak, the use of eruption stages is not recommended as an indicator of skeletal maturity except for the early permanent dentition stage where strong diagnostic performance for identifying post-pubertal skeletal growth stage has been shown. PMID: 31522225 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31522225?dopt=Abstract

Source: Saudi Medical Journal - September 16, 2019 Category: Middle East Health Tags: Saudi Med J Source Type: research