DENTAL CALCIFICATION STAGES AND SEKLETAL MATURITY INDICATORS IN MAHARASHTRIAN POPULATION

Aim of the study was to search the co-relationship between the stages of calcification of various teeth and various skeletal maturity stages among maharashtrian individuals. The study of research consisted of 140 male & 225 female patients in age group of 8 years to 20 years. A total of 365 hand wrist & panoramic radiographs were obtained & assessed. The teeth development stages of the mandibular cannines, first & second premolars, second and third molars were measured according to the Demirjian system. Skeletal age and skeletal maturity stages were determined from hand wrist radiographs by using the method outline in the atlas of Greulich and Pyle and the Fishman's system, respectively. The Spearman rank order correlation coefficient revealed significant relationships (r=0.30-0.68, p