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2020 Month : May Volume : 9 Issue : 18 Page : 1484-1489Association of Skeletal and Dental Maturity Indicators with the Onset of Menarche and Its Applicability for Growth Modification of Jaw Bases in Females Aged between 7 and 14 Years.
Swapnil Korde1, Pallavi Daigavane2, Prutha Ganesh Khakhar3, Priyanka Niranjane4, Bhagyashree Chimote5
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Prutha Ganesh Khakhar,
Department of Orthodontics,
Sharad Pawar Dental College
Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: pruthakhakhar@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND
Orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning for skeletal problems in growing children must involve growth prediction. Apart from the knowledge of chronological, dental and skeletal age of a growing patient, it is also mandatory to predict growth and its outcome during the treatment. In females, onset of menarche is a sign of pubertal growth and a biological skeletal maturity indicator. Studies have shown that there is an association amongst skeletal and dental maturity indicators. This study was therefore designed to estimate association between skeletal- and dental-maturity indicators and onset of menarche in females and evaluate its applicability for growth modification in females.
METHODS
140 female patients were divided into 7 groups and each patient was asked about their menarcheal status. Radiographs such as orthopantomography, lateral cephalogram and middle phalanx of third finger were taken from each patient to assess the CVMI status, stages of dental calcification and MP3 stages.
RESULTS
The correlation between onset of menarche, CVMI status, stages of dental calcification and MP3 stages is of high statistical significance (p-0.0001).
CONCLUSIONS
There are strong correlations between all the parameters studied which signifies that assessment of skeletal maturation with any of the above methods studied, gives exact growth maturation age of the patient.
KEY WORDS
CVMI Status, MP3 Stages, Stages of Dental Calcification, Growth Prediction, Menarche