title: Inter-relationship between dental, skeletal and chronological ages in well-nourished and mal-nourished children.
abstract: Dental casts, wrist roentgenograms and full mouth radiographs of teeth of 80 mal-nourished and 40 well-nourished children were evaluated and compared for correlation of dental, skeletal and chronological ages. The findings revealed (1) very high correlation between dental and skeletal ages (r = 0.9584); (2) high correlation of chronological age with dental and skeletal ages (r = 0.8635 and r = 0.8716); (3) out of all the three correlations considered, dental and skeletal ages had the maximum correlation; (4) malnutrition had a significant adverse effect on the skeletal and dental ages. Greater the severity of malnutrition, more pronounced was its effect on the dental and skeletal ages; and (5) no evidence of severity of malocclusion with retarded skeletal and dental ages.
authors.affiliation: Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Taneja
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001835:Body Weight; D001846:Bone Development; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D011859:Radiography