Development and validation of a formula for objective assessment of cervical vertebral bone age

• Published in: Progress in orthodontics Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 38 - 8
• Main Authors: Chandrasekar, Raghavan, Chandrasekhar, Shyamala, Sundari, K. K. Shantha, Ravi, Poornima
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 12.10.2020; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Bone age measurement; Cervical vertebrae; Cervical vertebral bone age; Dentistry; Hand-wrist bones; Lateral cephalogram; Medicine; Skeletal age; Skeletal age; Cervical vertebral bone age; Hand-wrist bones; Tanner-Whitehouse method; Lateral cephalogram; Cervical vertebrae; Bone age measurement

Background and aim Determination of skeletal maturity and bone age from cervical vertebrae has been well documented. Most methods described use subjective evaluation of morphological characteristics of cervical vertebrae and may be prone to variability and error. A few objective methods have also be...