Interrelationships among measures of somatic, skeletal, dental, and sexual maturity. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The interrelationships among five measures of physiologic maturity for 50 French-Canadian girls are evaluated--menarche, peak height velocity (PHV), 75% skeletal maturity, appearance of the ulnar sesamoid, and 90% dental development. The mean ages of occurrence of the events differed significantly (P less than 0.01). Menarche and 90% dental maturity showed the least variability. Ages of PHV, menarche, and 75% skeletal maturity were significantly correlated (P less than 0.05). Age of menarche was most closely associated with PHV. The appearance of the ulnar sesamoid was highly correlated with 75% skeletal maturity; both were equally related to the ages of PHV and menarche. The age at which French-Canadian girls attain 90% of their dental development showed no significant relationships with the other maturity indicators. The results imply that the mechanisms controlling dental development are independent of somatic and/or sexual maturity.

published proceedings

  • Am J Orthod

author list (cited authors)

  • Demirjian, A., Buschang, P. H., Tanguay, R., & Patterson, D. K.

citation count

  • 280

complete list of authors

  • Demirjian, A||Buschang, PH||Tanguay, R||Patterson, DK

publication date

  • November 1985