1. [Orthopantomography and auxological diagnosis].
- Author
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Salvato A, Mecatti F, Mecatti F, and Baldoni M
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Malocclusion, Maxillofacial Development, Odontogenesis, Radiography, Panoramic, Bone Development, Tooth Eruption
- Abstract
The results of a research about dental age assessment and its relationships with skeletal age are presented. Using a method based on eight stages of tooth formation, as visualized on panoramic radiography, a sample of 327 patients between 3 and 13 and 1/2 was investigated. Data were analyzed splitting into sex and skeletal Class groups and following the steps: 1) description: by charts and percentages; 2) analysis: by contingency tables and independence statistical tests; 3) synthesis of association: by a proper index.
- Published
- 1990