Evaluation of a method of determination of the skeletal maturarion using the cevical vertebrae present in the lateral cephalometric radiographs

Suzi Cristina Barbosa Nakamura SANTOS, Renato Rodrigues de ALMEIDA, José Fernando Castanha HENRIQUES, Francisco Antônio BERTOZ, Renata Rodrigues de ALMEIDA

The aim of this research was to determine the reliability of the morphological changes of the cervical vertebrae observed on the lateral cephalometric radiograph that makes part of the routinely taken pretreatment records, as a method of assessment of skeletal age.

Keywords: Skeletal Age. Lateral Cephalometric Radiographs. Cervical Vertebrae.

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