Cervical vertebral maturation as a biologic indicator of skeletal maturity: A systematic review

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1123-1131

  Santiago, Rodrigo César ^a   De Miranda Costa, Luiz Felipe ^a   Vitral, Robert Willer Farinazzo ^b   Fraga, Marcelo Reis ^b   Bolognese, Ana Maria ^a   Maia, Lucianne Cople ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Skeletal maturation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE DETERMINATION; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WRIST;

EID: 84869810825     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 19457103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/103111-673.1     Document Type: Review

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