[Orthopantomography and auxological diagnosis].

Abstract

The results of a research about dental age assessment and its relationships with skeletal age are presented. Using a method based on eight stages of tooth formation, as visualized on panoramic radiography, a sample of 327 patients between 3 and 13 and 1/2 was investigated. Data were analyzed splitting into sex and skeletal Class groups and following the steps: 1) description: by charts and percentages; 2) analysis: by contingency tables and independence statistical tests; 3) synthesis of association: by a proper index.