Title

Correlation between dental calcification age and cervical maturity index

Authors

Pooja Arora^1,*, Dinesh Solanki², G.A Prarthana³, Saksham Madhok⁴, Suryabhan Yadav⁵, Dipti Choksi⁶, PurvaMathur⁷ &Yogesh Garg⁸

Affiliation

¹Department of Dentistry, Advance Cancer Institute, BFUHS, Bathinda, Punjab, India; ²Department of Dentistry, JIET Medical College and Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India; ³Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Raja Rajeshwari Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ⁴Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Conservative Dentistry, ITS CDSR, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁶Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Science, Dharamsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India; ⁷Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Rajasthan Dental College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India; ⁸Department of Public Health Dentistry, JCD Dental College, Sirsa, Haryana, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Pooja Arora - E-mail: drpoojaarora786@gmail.com
Dinesh Solanki - E-mail: dr.din17@gmail.com
G.A Prarthana - E-mail: prarthanaga7@gmail.com
SakshamMadhok - E-mail: drshaksham.dental@tmu.ac.in
Suryabhan Yadav - E-mail: surajbhansinghyadav@gmail.com
DiptiChoksi - E-mail: diptichoksi.fods@ddu.ac.in
PurvaMathur - E-mail: purmathur@gmail.com
Yogesh Garg - E-mail: yogeshgarg1988@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2026; Revised August 31, 2026; Accepted August 31, 2026, Published August 31, 2026

Abstract

Skeletal growth indicators are affected by environmental factors, and dental calcification stages are considered somewhat stable in comparison. Hence, a total of 120 panoramic radiographs and lateral cephalograms from 8 to 18 years old subjects were evaluated. The Demirjian method was used to assess dental maturity and the CVM method to determine skeletal maturity. The outcomes showed a positive correlation between dental calcification and CVM stages (r = 0.78, p < 0.001). Thus, we show that dental calcification may be a potentially useful measure for skeletal maturity estimation in orthodontic patients.

Keywords

Dental calcification, cervical vertebral maturation, skeletal maturity, demirjian method, orthodontic diagnosis

Citation

Arora et al. Bioinformation 22(8): 5230-5234 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.