Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to correlate chronological and dental ages with skeletal maturity. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive study of the clinical files for 112 Sudanese patients, 7-16 years old. Skeletal maturity was assessed by using the cervical vertebral maturation stages. Dental age was determined by using the Demirjian method. Pearson#x2019;s coefficient was applied to measure the association between chronological and dental ages and Spearman rank correlation coefficient for the CS and dental calcification stages. Results: All correlations between cervical vertebral maturity and dental maturity stages were statistically significant (P lt; 0.05) in both genders. The mean chronologic age was 12.0533 #xB1; 0.976 13.34 #xB1; 1.66 years for female, male respectively. Conclusion: The first premolars in female and second premolar in male showed the highest relationship with CVM, which can apply as markers for skeletal maturity of a child whose looking for treatment.