title: The potential of digital dental radiography in recording the adductor sesamoid and the MP3 stages.
abstract: The current study was undertaken to evaluate the reliability of using a recent advance in clinical radiographic technique, digital dental radiography, in recording two growth indicators: the adductor sesamoid and MP3 stages. With an exposure time five times less than that used in the conventional approach, this method shows greatest flexibility in providing a high quality digitized radiographic images of the two growth indicators under investigation. Refereed Paper
authors.affiliation: Orthodontic Department, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. hussamkader@hotmail.com
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Abdel-Kader
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003199:Computer Systems; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D019252:Radiography, Dental, Digital / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012716:Sesamoid Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000254:growth & development; D013997:Time Factors