Mixed Dentition Analysis Procedure: A Review Keerthika A.1, Jeevarathan J.2,*, Arangannal Ponnudurai3, Vijayakumar M.4, Amudha S.4, Aarthi J.5 1Post Graduate Student, Department of Pedodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Pallikarani, Chennai 2Professor and Head of the Department Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Pallikarani, Chennai 3Professor, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Pallikarani, Chennai 4Reader Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Pallikarani, Chennai 5Senior Lecturer, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, BIHER, Pallikarani, Chennai *Corresponding Author: Jeevarathan MDS, Professor, Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai, 600100, e-mail: dr_rathan@rediffmail.com
Online published on 31 March, 2020. Abstract As the childs dentition changes from primary to permanent dentition there are a number of changes that happens in the oral cavity of the child. This intermediate stage of transition is known as Mixed dentition stage and lasts from 6 years to 12 years. The identification and measurement of these changes is of great importance in preventing, managing and treating future dental as well as skeletal malocclusions. Over the years several tests and analysis have been done to analyse these changes. The aim of this paper is to analyse the existing literature on various mixed dentition analysis and also to spot light on the recently developed mixed dentitons and primary dentition analysis. Top Keywords Mixed dentition analysis, Primary dentition analysis, Nance analysis, Hixon Oldfather analysis. Top |