assessment of the relationship between body mass index (bmi) and dental age评估身体质量指数(bmi)之间的关系和牙科的年龄.pdfVIP

Vol.3, No.5, 253-257 (2011) Health doi:10.4236/health.2011.35045 Assessment of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and dental age 1 1* 2 Maryam Zangouei-Booshehri , Fatemeh Ezoddini-Ardakani , Hosein Agha Aghili , Akbar Sharifi3 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran; * Corresponding Author: ezoddini@ 2Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran; 3Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Received 29 March 2011; revised 21 April 2011; accepted 27 April 2011. ABSTRACT If there is a strong correlation between skeletal matur- ity and dental calcification stages, these stages can be The aim of the study was to determine the rela- used as a diagnostic tool for estimating the starting point tionship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and of growth. Determination of the patient’s age is also very accelerated dental development. The dental important in forensic medicine in criminals or those developmental ages of 100 children aged be- without recorded birth certificates both above and below tween 8 and 12 years were determined using the 18 years old [3]. Demirjian method and panoramic radiographs. Considering the increased prevalence of obesity, the