OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine whether the Demirjian method would be appropriate for estimation of the dental age of western Turkish children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study comprised 635 Turkish children (age = 7-16 years) from the western Aegean region who were chosen on the basis of radiological evidence from digital orthopantomograms. Their dental maturity was evaluated according to the stages proposed by Demirjian. A paired t-test was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: The mean difference between the chronological and dental ages ranged from 0.10-0.76 years for males and from 0.28-0.87 years for females. CONCLUSION: The applicability of the Demirjian method is not suitable for western Turkish children and western Turkish children have a lower degree of dental maturity than that observed in the eastern, northeastern and northern Turkish subjects.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine whether the Demirjian method would be appropriate for estimation of the dental age of western Turkish children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study comprised 635 Turkish children (age = 7-16 years) from the western Aegean region who were chosen on the basis of radiological evidence from digital orthopantomograms. Their dental maturity was evaluated according to the stages proposed by Demirjian. A paired t-test was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: The mean difference between the chronological and dental ages ranged from 0.10-0.76 years for males and from 0.28-0.87 years for females. CONCLUSION: The applicability of the Demirjian method is not suitable for western Turkish children and western Turkish children have a lower degree of dental maturity than that observed in the eastern, northeastern and northern Turkish subjects.
Authors: Jayakumar Jayaraman; Hai Ming Wong; Graham J Roberts; Nigel M King; Hugo F V Cardoso; Pavethynath Velusamy; Ronaldo G Vergara; Keni-Ichi Yanagita; Teekayu P Jorns Journal: BMC Oral Health Date: 2019-11-11 Impact factor: 2.757