Dental age assessment of 8.5 to 17 year-old Saudi children using Demirjian's method

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 064-071

  Al Emran, Sulaiman ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b World Federation of Orthodontists

Author keywords

Demirjian method; Dental age; Dental maturity; Developmental age; Orthodontics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARAB; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ARABS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 40949089582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-9-3-64     Document Type: Article

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