Relationship between the cervical vertebrae maturation indicators and the dental calcifi cation stages

Clarissa Lopes VIEIRA, Ana Emília Figueiredo de OLIVEIRA, Cecília Cláudia Costa RIBEIRO, Andréa Arraes dos S. Jacintho LIMA

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between the different cervical vertebrae maturation indicators and the dental calcifi cation stages, as well as to verify the existent differences among gender, in a sample of subjects with 10 to 14 years-old. Methods: The sample consisted of lateral cephalometric and panoramic radiographs of 464 subjects of both gender, classifi ed in agreement with the cervical vertebrae maturation indicators described by Hassel and Farman (1995) and the calcifi cation stages described by Nolla (1960). Results: The obtained results showed correlation among the studied variables (p < 0,05). Conclusions: Confi rming data from the literature, a precocity was observed as much in the cervical vertebrae maturation indicators, as in the dental calcifi cation stages for the females in relation to the males.

Keywords: Maturity. Cervical vertebrae. Teeth calcification.

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