Study of the degree of coincidence between chronological, dental and carpal age in children aged 8 to 12 years
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https://doi.org/10.5377/creaciencia.v11i1-2.6039Keywords:
Chronological age, dental age, carpal age, El Salvador.Abstract
The objective of the present radiographic and clinical study of a descriptive observational group was to determine the degree of coincidence between chronological, dental radiographic and carpal ages in a population of 40 children (20 boys and 20 girls), whose ages range from 8 to 12 years, that met the inclusion criteria of the investigation. Fo the collection of the information, weight, height and panoramic radiography were taken from the right hand of the 40 participants, who also underwent clinical dental inspection and taking intraoral clinical photographs. To determine carpal age, the Greulich and Pyle Atlas was used as reference; for obtaining radiographic age, the Demirjian method; the information on height and weight was used to determine size and BMI according to age with the help of standardized growth charts according to the average growth in the Salvadorean population.Through the Sudent´s T test, it was identified that, according to the medias obtained, there was a significant difference between the dental, carpal and chronological radiographic ages in the majority of the populationnstudied. In addition, it was observed that carpal age is found in most girls, increased with respect to chronological age; however, in children it is diminished. Only 20% were identified in each of the population groups studied with early dental replacement.
CREA CIENCIA Vol. 11 No 1-2 ISSN 1818-202X enero-diciembre 2017, p. 40-52
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