Assessment of dental maturity of Brazilian children aged 6 to 14 years using Demirjian's method

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 423-428

  Eid, R M R ^a,b   Simi, R ^a   Friggi, M N P ^a   Fisberg, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ODONTOMETRY; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODONTOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036836060     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-263X.2002.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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