Čes. stomatol. Prakt. zub. lék. (Czech Dental Journal) 2011; 111(6): 154-159

Skeletal Age in Orthodontics

A. Predko1,*, M. Kamínek1, K. Langová2
1 Klinika zubního lékařství LF UP, Olomouc
2 Ústav lékařské biofyziky LF UP, Olomouc

Aim: The relation between the skeletal age determined by hand-wrist and cervical vertebrae evaluation was studied


Material and method: Hand-wrist and cephalograms with visible cervical vertebrae made at the same time in 97 girls of age 10-14 years and in 104 boys 11.5 to 15.5 old were examined. Skeletal age classification according to Björk on hand-wrist and according to Baccetti on cervical vertebrae were compared.

Results: The correlation coefficient between hand-wrist and cervical vertebrae evaluation in boys was r = 0.80 and in girls was r = 0.67. The assessment of one indicator from another is possible in boys in 64%, in girls in 45%.

Conclusion: The correlation between the methods is not high enough to substitute one method with another and to omit in all cases the X-ray picture of the hand.

Keywords: skeletal age; pubertal growth spurt; growth changes in cervical vertebrae

Published: December 1, 2011  Show citation

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