Volume : 7, Issue : 8, August - 2018

DENTAL AGE ESTIMATION IN CHILDREN USING WILLEMS METHOD AND ITS CORRELATION WITH CHRONOLOGICAL AGE: A DIGITAL ORTHOPANTOMOGRAPHIC STUDY

Dr. R. Rajeev

Abstract :

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;&#10;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;&#10;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:&#10;none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Aim and Objective:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> To assess the developmental stages of seven mandibular left teeth for estimation of dental age (DA )in children aged 8-16 years of south Kerala origin and to evaluate the possible correlation between DA and chronological age (CA) using Willems method.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;&#10;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;&#10;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:&#10;none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Materials and methods:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> Digital OPGs of 60 subjects (30 males and 30 females) who fit the study criteria were obtained .Assessment of mandibular teeth (31-37) development was undertaken and DA was assessed using Willems method. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;&#10;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;&#10;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:&#10;none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Results and Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> There was significant correlation between DA and CA in both males (r=0.847) and females (r=0.801).The overall mean differences between DA and CA was 0.5 <span style="color:black">&plusmn; 1.2 with a gender variability as 0.330 &plusmn; 1.045 for males and 0.603 &plusmn; 1.417 for females. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>