Radiographic assessment of skeletal maturation stages for orthodontic patients: Hand-wrist bones or cervical vertebrae?

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 316-325

  Lai, Eddie Hsiang Hua ^a   Liu, Jen Pei ^b   Chang, Jenny Zwei Chieng ^a   Tsai, Shih Jaw ^a   Yao, Chung Chen Jane ^a   Chen, Mu Hsiung ^a   Chen, Yi Jane ^a   Lin, Chun Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Hand wrist radiography; Lateral cephalometric radiography; Skeletal maturation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HAND BONE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHODONTICS; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; WRIST;

EID: 43749085366     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(08)60093-5     Document Type: Article

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