Pros and Cons of cervical vertebral maturation method - ✔️✔️Pro: no additional
radiographs
-lateral cephalogram is a part of routine ortho records
Methods of determining skeletal maturation stage? - ✔️✔️hand wrist film
cervical vertebrae maturation index
Hand-wrist film - ✔️✔️ossification of bones of hand and wrist is used to determine
skeletal maturation stage
Pros and cons of hand-wrist film - ✔️✔️con: Additional radiograph is needed
pro: accurate
Stage IV ossification in hand-wrist film - ✔️✔️adductor sesamoid of the thumb
Best timing for initiating growth modification (dentofacial orthopedics) - ✔️✔️right
before the pubertal peak growth of facial structure
con: slightly less accurate than hand-wrist film method
At what CVM stage do you want to intervene? - ✔️✔️between CS3 and CS4
T or F: facial growth continues into adulthood throughout life at an extremely slow rate -
✔️✔️true
The term 'growth completion' means - ✔️✔️the rate of growth declines to adult level
Cervical vertebral maturation method - ✔️✔️assessment of skeletal age based on
shapes of cervical vertebrae (C2, C3, C4)