Skeletal Maturity as Seen in the Transverse Sectional Slices of Mandible: A CBCT Study Sabapathy Kannan1,*, Moideen Sunil2, Shanmugham K. Gnana3, Sreenivasan Prashanth4 1Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Bharath Institue of Higher Education and Research, Chennai 2Post Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Bharath Institue of Higher Education and Research, Chennai 3Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Bharath Institue of Higher Education and Research, Chennai 4Post Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Bharath Institue of Higher Education and Research, Chennai *Corresponding Author: Prof. Dr. Kannan Sabapathy Professor and Head, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Bharath Institue of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, 600100, e-mail: kannanace@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 31 March, 2020. Abstract Human growth is very complex in nature characterised by considerable variation in an individual's rate of physiologic and skeletal maturity. Variability is the law of nature because of infinite number of genetic possibilities present. No individuals are ever exactly alike. The growth factor is a critical variable in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. Predicting the out come of treatment results in a growing patient is often more difficult than in a non growing patient. Prior knowledge of the amount along with rate, timing and direction of maxilla-mandibular growth in any given patient would be extremely useful for forecasting treatment out come. Skillfull evaluation of growth left in a patient makes a difference in such growth modulations. Having an intrinsic indicator could be a boon for the clinician. Hence the search for such an intrinsic indicator was initiated in this study. Top Keywords Mandubular Corpus Index; Cervical Vertibral Maturation stage; CBCT; Skeletal Maturity of the mandible. Top |