INTRODUCTION Information on the origin of dental fear and uncooperative behavior in a child patient is important for behavior management strategy. The effects of environmental factors have been comparatively less studied, especially in an Indian scenario. OBJECTIVES To find the association of (1) age, gender, family characteristics, previous medical, and dental experiences with dental fear an...

UNLABELLED Dental age is important for treatment planning in the specialities of pedodontics and orthodontics. Although, Demirjian's method was considered standard for dental age estimation, it may not be reliable for all population. AIM The goal of the study was to evaluate the reliability of Demir-jian's, Haavikko's and Willems method of dental age estimation methods in Visakhapatnam (Andhr...

Background: Biological age markers are a crucial indicator whether children decelerated in growth tempo. Skeletal maturation is the standard measure. Yet, it relies on exposing to x-radiation. Dental eruption potential, but highly debated, radiation free alternative. 
 Objectives: We assess interrelationship between dental and other maturational markers. hypothesize that correlates with bo...

In studying growth and developmental processes in dental research, variables other than simple chronological age must often be taken into account if we are to adequately characterize differences in the developmental patterns of the groups under consideration. As demonstrated in this article, cohort, time-of-measurement, and learning (testing) effects may significantly interfere with our ability...

introduction: determining the skeletal age and remaining growth potential of patients are important factors in orthodontic treatment. evaluating cervical vertebrae development is a reliable method for determining skeletal age. this study aimed to evaluate the correlation between dental calcification and stages of skeletal maturation. materials and methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study...

BACKGROUND The degree of mineralization of permanent tooth germs in dental age assessment has been an area of interest among many authors for years. However, only recently have researchers attempted to determine the potential interdependencies between dental age and jaw relationships. The aim of this work was to compare dental maturation in patients with skeletal Class II to patients with skele...

Dental age was studied in a sample of 451 Dutch children (226 boys and 225 girls) according to the method of Demirjian. They were born between 1972 and 1993 and were between 3 and 17 years of age at the time a dental pantomogram (DPT) was obtained. All children were placed in the age group closest to their chronological age. All 451 DPTs were scored by one examiner. A subset of 52 DPTs was scor...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this retrospective study were to determine compliance with dental and chronological ages and to analyze the relationships between dental age and orthodontic sagittal anomalies. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 221 subjects between the ages of 7 and 15.9 years (165 girls and 156 boys) were included in the study. The dental age of seven left mandibular teeth was assessed a...