The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the
development of the maxillary canine can be used for prediction
of pubertal growth spurt in the Syrian population. The study
group consisted of 150 boys, 142 girls ranging in age from 10,
16 years.
The purpose of this comparative study was to evaluate the correlation between
two radiographic methods used to evaluate skeletal maturation, hand-wrist analysis method and cervical
vertebrae analysis method.
Within the limits of this study, the ce
rvical vertebrae maturation method might mislead the
clinician when treating adolescent skeletal Class II patients at the pubertal growth spurt since it is not
correlated with hand wrist skeletal maturation method.