title: Predicting skeletal maturation using cervical vertebrae.
abstract: This study's objective was to familiarize the profession with determining skeletal maturation and skeletal age, and predicting growth potential by using cervical vertebrae images of lateral cephalograms. The investigation was done through repeated evaluations of 30 randomly selected, pretreatment lateral cepaholometric radiographs. The accuracy of determining skeletal age and growth potential with lateral cephalograms was found to be R=0.98 (highly accurate) by statistical analysis.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minars
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burch
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masella
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meister
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001846:Bone Development; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000254:growth & development*; D002648:Child; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results