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AIM: To evaluate the relationship between dental calcification and skeletal maturity and to identify the tooth with the highest correlation with skeletal maturity index in Korean children. MATERIALS: For 447 children (205 boys and 242 girls) aged between 5 and 13 years, hand-wrist and lateral cephalometric radiographs were taken to assess skeletal maturity by Fishman's skeletal maturity indicators (SMI) and Baccetti's cervical vertebrae maturation (CVM) stages. Dental panoramic radiographs were taken to assess dental maturity of the permanent mandibular canine, first and second premolar, and second molar using the method devised by Dermirjian. CONCLUSION: Dental calcification stages determined by panoramic radiographs can be clinically used as useful indices to predict skeletal maturity in Korean children.
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Determinación de la Edad por el Esqueleto , Calcificación de Dientes , Determinación de la Edad por el Esqueleto/métodos , Diente Premolar , Vértebras Cervicales/diagnóstico por imagen , Humanos , Radiografía Panorámica/métodos , República de CoreaRESUMEN
Odontomas can cause impaction of permanent teeth. During the removal of odontomas associated with an impacted tooth, minimally-invasive surgical approaches are necessary. We present a technical note highlighting easy extraction of a deeply impacted odontoma using a patient-specific computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) surgical guide. Its use and advantages are described.
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Odontoma , Diente Impactado , Humanos , Odontoma/complicaciones , Odontoma/diagnóstico , Odontoma/cirugía , Diente Impactado/cirugíaRESUMEN
Marsupialization is the conservative treatment for cystic lesion in children. This technique requires maintaining the patency between the cyst and oral cavity to allow spontaneous healing of cystic lesion. There have been various fixation methods for securing the patency. However, the previous fixation methods have limitation of being invasive and inability to retain catheter firmly during the treatment. In this technical note, we adopted a novel and easy fixation method to obtain firm stability of catheter without damage to intraoral tissues during marsupialization technique.
