Panoramic radiographic findings of the mandibular growth from deciduous dentition to early permanent dentition.
The outlines of mandibular rami, condyles, coronoid process, and corpus in panoramic radiographs of normal children from deciduous to early permanent dentition were traced and digitized. Nine linear and four angular measurements were measured. During the observation period, the lengths for all the linear measurements increased, however, the angles for all the angular measurements decreased. The shape of condyle and gonion significantly correlated with the growth of ramus and corpus.
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Hung-Huey
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Department of Pedodontics, School of Dentistry, China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan. hunghuey@mail.cmc.edu.tw
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development*; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous