title: To Evaluate the Relationship between Mandibular Canine Calcification Stages and Skeletal Age.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess skeletal age and establish relationship between mandibular canine calcification and skeletal age.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 147 females aged 10 to 13 years. The subjects were divided into three groups: Group I-comprising of 10 to 11 years old female; Group II-comprising of 11 to 12 years old female; Group III-12 to 13 years female. OPG and hand and wrist radiographs of left side for each subject were taken with prior consent of their parents. The calcification status of canine was evaluated from orthopantomograms according to scores given in Demirjian's method. The stages of ossification of various carpal bones were evaluated using radiographic atlas of Greulich-Pyle and skeletal age was calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data collected was statistically analyzed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results drawn from this study showed that a strong correlation was observed for canine calcification stage F for 10 to 11 years and for stage G in 11 to 12 years and 12 to 13 years respectively. How to cite this article: Malik P, Rana V, Rehani U. To Evaluate the Relationship between Mandibular Canine Calcification Stages and Skeletal Age. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2012;5(1): 14-19.
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Pedodontics, Kalka Dental College Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, e-mail: dr_pooja_malik@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Pooja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pedodontics, Subharti Dental College Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pedodontics, ITS Dental College, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rehani
keywords: Canine calcification stages; Demirjian’s method; Greulich-Pyle method; Skeletal age