Correlation Between the Maturation Stages of Mandibular Third Molars and Chronological Age in Patients Visiting Sardar Begum Dental College, Peshawar

• Published in: Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Sciences Vol. 5; no. 2
• Main Authors: Muhammad Ilyas, Asma Khan, Syed Murad Ali Shah, Salman Khan, Junaid Nadeem Malik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gandhara University 31.03.2019
• Subjects: Age Estimation; Dental Age; Forensic Medicine; Mandibular Third Molars; Tooth Development
• ISSN: 2312-9433; 2618-1452
• DOI: 10.37762/jgmds.5-2.79

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to determine the correlation of chronological age with the maturation stages of mandibular third molar. METHODOLOGY: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted at Sardar Begum Dental College, Gandhara University Peshawar on 384 patients from January 2018 to June 2018 and included patients having age 11-26 years with good quality Orthopantomogram showing mandibular third molar tooth germs bilaterally. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22. p ≤ 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. RESULTS: Females 286 (74.5%) were predominant than males 98 (25.5%) with mean age presentation of 18.12±3.03 years. The most frequent stage of Demirjian’s stages of mandibular third molar was stage F (24.7%). Pearson correlation showed that maturation stages of mandibular third molars were significantly related to the chronological age ( r=0.446, p value=0.00). CONCLUSION: A correlation between maturation stages of mandibular third molars and chronological age existed.