Dental maturation in British children: Are Demirjian's standards applicable?

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 263-269

  Liversidge, H M ^a,b   Speechly, T ^a   Hector, M P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TOOTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH;

EID: 0033290845     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263x.1999.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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