Correlation between Chronological Age, Cervical Vertebral Maturation and Fishman’s Skeletal Maturity Indicators in Central India Population

Authors

  • Natasha Patil, Dr M.P.C.D & R.C. Gwalior
  • Neha Maheshwari, Dr Nanda Dental Care
  • Rohit Sharma, Dr M.P.C.D & R.C. Gwalior
  • Shashank Soni, Dr M.P.C.D & R.C. Gwalior
  • Ashish Kushwah, Dr Teerthankar Mahaveer University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/ojn.v9i2.28415

Keywords:

Cervical vertebra maturation, Chronological age, Hand-wrist maturation, Skeletal maturity

Abstract

Introduction: Skeletal maturity indicators are very important indicators when diagnosing and panning the treatment in growing population. Cervical Vertebrae Method (CVM) and Fishman’s Skeletal Maturity Indicators are two commonly used methods for the diagnosis and treatment planning. The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation between cervical vertebral maturation (CVM)and Fishman’s hand-wrist skeletal maturity indicator and chronological age by including subjects within the range of circumpubertal growth spurt in Central India.

Materials & Method: One Twenty Five contemporary hand-wrist and lateral cephalometric radiographs from population of Central India were randomly selected and analyzed. All subjects were within the circumpubertal period i.e. female subjects were between 10 and 15 years of age, and the male subjects were between 12 and 17 years of age. The hand-wrist bone analysis was evaluated using the method developed by Fishman whereas cervical vertebra bone analysis was evaluated using the method developed by Baccetti and co-workers. These two methods and chronological age were correlated using the Spearman rank correlation analysis.

Result: CVM was significantly correlated with hand-wrist maturation (r=0.8868). However low correlation was found between the CVM and chronological age( r =0.7139) and little correlation was found between the HWM and chronological age ( r =0.6892).

Conclusion: CVM is a valid indicator of skeletal growth during the circumpubertal growth period and has a high correlation with the HWM for the Central India population. However chronological age is not suitable to measure skeletal maturity as shown by the low correlations found between the chronological age and both CVM and HWM.

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Author Biographies

Natasha Patil, Dr, M.P.C.D & R.C. Gwalior

Department of Orthodontics, Seniour Lecturer

Neha Maheshwari, Dr, Nanda Dental Care

Private practitioner

Rohit Sharma, Dr, M.P.C.D & R.C. Gwalior

Department of Prosthodontics, Senior Lecturer

Shashank Soni, Dr, M.P.C.D & R.C. Gwalior

 Department of Orthodontics, Post Graduate Student

Ashish Kushwah, Dr, Teerthankar Mahaveer University

 Department of Orthodontics, Post Graduate Student

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Published

2019-12-31

How to Cite

Patil, N., Maheshwari, N., Sharma, R., Soni, S., & Kushwah, A. (2019). Correlation between Chronological Age, Cervical Vertebral Maturation and Fishman’s Skeletal Maturity Indicators in Central India Population. Orthodontic Journal of Nepal, 9(2), 52–56. https://doi.org/10.3126/ojn.v9i2.28415

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